Olympic Peninsula · WA
Sequim
Sunny Sequim, in the Olympics' rain shadow.
- Population
- 8,024 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1913
- Rainfall
- Under 16 inches a year
Then
- 14,000 years ago
Hunters leave a bone point in a mastodon at the Manis site, found in the late 1970s.
- 1879
The name Sequim, from a Klallam word for "hunting ground," is adopted.
- 1913
Sequim incorporates on October 31.
Now
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is based here, and lavender farms earn the nickname "Lavender Capital of North America." This place covers Dungeness, Sequim Bay and Discovery Bay.
3 tide stations around Sequim
- Sequim Bay entrance2.7 mi
- Dungeness6.1 mi
- Gardiner, Discovery Bay8.7 mi