Dungeness River
The Dungeness River is a 28-mile long river located in the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises near Mount Constance in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park, flows through the Buckhorn Wilderness, passes by the town of Sequim, and empties into the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Dungeness Bay, behind the Dungeness Spit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary to Dungeness Bay in Clallam County and Jefferson County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “New Dungeness River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dungeness School.
Dungeness School
Museum
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The Dungeness School is a historical schoolhouse building located at 657 Towne Road in Dungeness, Washington. The idea for the school was formed in 1892 by the settlers of the Dungeness area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlsborg and Sequim.
Carlsborg
Village
Carlsborg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,100 at the 2020 census, up from 995 at the 2010 census. Carlsborg is situated 4½ miles southwest of Dungeness River.
Sequim
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Sequim is a small city on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Sequim is the sunniest place in Western Washington, because of the rain shadow created by the Olympic Mountains to the south, receiving much less rain than even nearby Port Angeles.
Dungeness River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Clallam, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Dungeness River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Dungeness”
- Catalan: “Dungeness”
- Cebuano: “Dungeness River”
- Dutch: “Dungeness River”
- French: “Dungeness River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Dungeness”
- Japanese: “ダンジネス川”
- Venetian: “Dungeness”
- Welsh: “Afon Dungeness”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dungeness and Old Town.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dungeness Valley and Dungeness Bay.
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