Historically, Dungeness is an abandoned fishing community from the 1890's ... all that remains from of the old abandoned fishing community is an old school house.

In Dungeness there is a popular 7 mile long sand spit that protects a shellfish-tidelands refuge... the spit is located within the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge ... public access is avail to the sand spit but is limited in some areas to protect nesting birds and other wildlife.

The Dungeness Crab is named after the town of Dungeness, which are both located in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

While in the area visit the Sequim-Dungeness Museum to learn about the area's history.

See Dungeness links & interactive WA State PCH map below ...


Links:

• Dungeness Map,
• Dungeness Photo Gallery,
• Dungeness Wikipedia,
• Dungeness Video's.
  

Click highlighted cities on map for regional info ...