Professional pilots refer to Sequim as the 'Blue Hole' because Sequim, Washington is in the heart of a Rain Shadow. 

The blue skies and sunny weather of Sequim WA, has blessed Sequim land and Sequim homes with nearly 300 days of sunshine and less than 17 inches of annual rainfall.

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Rain maps and rainfall records, kept since the early part of the nineteenth century, indicate that one can expect an increase in rainfall of about 1.6 inches per mile as you travel west from Sequim Washington, and an increase of about 1 inch traveling in the opposite direction.  The "Blue Hole" rain shadow extends about six miles west and seven miles east from Sequim Washington, and from the Olympic Mountain foothills to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  November - December - January are traditionally the wettest months in Sequim WA, averaging from about three inches in December to a little less than two inches in January.  The area's driest period is July - August - September.

It is our hope that useful information on our schools; libraries, community college, medical facilities, golf courses, marinas, Tribal facilities/Casino, Olympic National Park, restaurants, businesses, and indoor and outdoor recreation, can be easily accessed through our comprehensive user friendly web pages, and links.  We pride ourselves in having the best local Internet resource links for the North Olympic Peninsula.  Enjoy your time spent on the mysequim.com web site, and do not forget to check out our Peninsula Picture Gallery to see pictures taken by residents and visitors of the beautiful indoor and outdoor activities available to enjoy on the Olympic Peninsula.  Before you leave, please make sure you get a live local view from our live weather camera located on Bell Hill overlooking Discovery Trail Real Estate, John Wayne Marina, Sequim Bay, Protection Island, The Straits of Juan De Fuca and Vancouver Island, Canada.

As you visit our community web site, you will quickly realize Sequim Washington, is unlike any other place in the world.  Sequim lies in the fertile Dungeness Valley, snuggled between the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We are less than two hours drive from Seattle, a short ferry ride to Victoria BC, and minutes away from pristine alpine meadows in the spectacular Olympic Mountains.  It can be truly said that Sequim Washington is friendly small town America, with one wonderful exception; it is one of the most beautiful and healthy spots in the world.  No matter where you choose to on the Olympic Peninsula or live in the Sequim/Dungeness Valley, you will be living only minute’s away from an extraordinary number of outstanding indoor and outdoor recreational activities.  Sequim has one of only three ultra modern treatment systems in the state that allow waters to be returned to the tide waters so clean that our salmon and shell fish habitat is maintained in a pristine and healthy fashion.  Thriving local farmers, food coops and Saturday markets support and market locally grown organic produce from the rich farmlands of the Discovery Trail.  You can even get a weekly basket of unique greens, vegetables and fruits from Nash Huber one of the states leading organic farmers who grows his produce in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

Although we do not represent ourselves as realtors, or real estate agents, we do provide resources on this web site that could be of assistance for those of you who are thinking of moving to Sequim WA, or are thinking about selling your Sequim WA real estate. We do however, have agreement with licensed real estate agents who can provide exceptionally proficient assistance in marketing homes, buying or selling land, working directly with builders, finding and selling commercial property and locating business property, luxury homes, vacation property and mountain property.  We only associate ourselves, and refer you to professionally trained accredited realtors, who have a personal heart felt attention to you because they love, respect and will maintain the values of this beautiful community. That is why we will ask you now and in the future to let us know if you are not being treated with respect and dignity.  This is where we and they all live, raise children, enjoy life with their children and grand children, and what we expect them to represent to you.  We are often asked about the real estate market in the Sequim WA area.  There is of course, no catch answer or instant overview that can answer all your questions  We will tell you, the whole North Olympic Peninsula real estate market is said to always remain strong, and is less affected by outside market influences. In short, as a general rule, regardless of what is happening else where in America, individuals are still wanting to move here for the temperate climate and all season long recreation.  The Sequim real estate market is expected to continue growing in size, primarily due to the facts of what we have been telling you about the Peninsula and its reputation for being an area is highly desirable, and a healthy place to live.  The Sequim WA area is in fact, highly knows for its higher than average number of Retiree's, based on the national demographical average.  For those of you that love the game and recreation of Golf, you have come to the right community, golfers will tell you.  Golfer's tell us that they can average well over 300 days a year of Golf, because of the rain shadow.  They also tell us that they like the fact that the tempature is moderate all year long, and that it rarely every gets to hot, or too cold.  Sound a little to much like paradise?  Well if you are a Golfer, we challenge you to check it out and answer that question yourself. 

From our community web site, you can create mortgage amortization schedules, find information on local housing costs, locate commercial real estate and view riverfront property.  You can search for land at sea level, work up information on land development costs or learn about our private and public schools.  Take some time to browse through our web site. This is the right web site to search for Sequim Washington Real Estate, Sequim Homes, Sequim Land, or Sequim Businesses. anywhere along the Discovery Trail, from Lapush, Forks, Joyce, Port Angeles, Port Townsend Washington. We have full access to all multiple listing services. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us.  We want our web site to serve you in the best way possible. Friendly criticism and suggestions are welcome.  We have completely revised material based on emails from viewers pointing out areas than we could improve to better serve our Sequim Wa real estate customers.

There is something good and fun for almost anyone. Golfing, flying, fresh and salt water fishing, hiking, dancing, climbing, kayaking and beach combing are popular year round activities.  The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, a YMCA and local exercise clubs have everything from swimming and saunas to Tai chi classes, which compliment the healthy living atmosphere of Sequim property and homes.  We hope you enjoy our web site.  Use the Navigation bars to explore our web site and to find the wonderful things to do we are talking about.  Our request to you is, when you think of Real Estate in Sequim WA, be it Sequim Real Estate in general, Sequim Homes, Sequim Land or Sequim Property, please try us.  We will help you with your real estate needs the to the length of the Discovery Trail and beyond. We go the extra mile to provide unsurpassed real estate service and information.

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Christie had planned to follow the Elwha River into the heart of the mountains, transporting supplies on a large flat-bottomed boat, Gertie, which the men built. The boat leaked and had to be hauled over log jams and towed through rapids by the men, wading through deep snow along the banks or in icy water sometimes up to their chins. After twelve frigid, exhausting days, Gertie was abandoned. The party spent January - April 1890, exploring the Elwha Valley. In mid-March the explorers discovered and named Geyser Valley, where they heard sounds they thought were bubbling geysers although there are none in the valley. (James Christie predicted Geyser Valley would make "a young paradise for some venturesome squatter," and ten years later Will and Grant Humes homesteaded in the valley. The Humes cabin can still be visited today, about 2.5 miles from the Whiskey Bend trailhead.) In early May, the Press Party, their clothes in tatters and running dangerously low on supplies, crossed Low Divide and headed down the Quinault Valley, reaching the coast on May 20, 1890 after nearly six months in the mountains. As a result of the Press Expedition, many peaks bear the names of prominent newspaper publishers and editors of the late 19th century, including Mt. Meany (named after Edmond Meany, an editor of the Seattle Press), Mt. Dana, Mt. Lawson, Mt. Noyes, Mt. Scott, and the Bailey Range. Press Party blazes can still be found along the Elwha River trail in the park.

Also during the fall and winter of 1889, Charles Gilman and his son Samuel explored the Quinault River valley and the western slopes of the Olympic Peninsula. In the summer of 1890 Lieutenant Joseph O'Neil, accompanied by a group of scientists from the Oregon Alpine Club, led a second Army expedition across the peninsula from Hood Canal to the Pacific coast. This well organized expedition cut a serviceable mule trail as it went and several smaller parties were sent out to thoroughly explore large sections of the eastern and southern Olympics. One of these parties ascended Mount Olympus in September 1890. While in the eastern Olympics that summer O'Neil met a small hiking party led by Judge James Wickersham, who had ventured into the Olympic Mountains the previous summer also. As a result of their explorations, both Wickersham and O'Neil advocated the establishment of a national park in the Olympics. O'Neil wrote in his 1890 report:  In closing I would state that while the country on the outer slope of these mountains is valuable, the interior is useless for all practicable purposes. It would, however, serve admirably for a national park. There are numerous elk that noble animal so fast disappearing from this country--that should be protected.

In 1897 most of the forested land of the peninsula was included in the Olympic Forest Reserve (later Olympic National Forest). Following O'Neil's recommendation, Washington state Congressmen introduced unsuccessful bills in the early 1900s to establish a national park or an elk reserve. In 1909, just before leaving office, President Theodore Roosevelt issued a proclamation creating Mount Olympus National Monument within the national forest to protect the summer range and breeding grounds of the Olympic elk. Mount Olympus, along with all other national monuments was transferred to National Park Service administration as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's governmental reorganization in 1933 and with the support of national conservation organizations, Washington Congressman Monrad C. Wallgren in 1935 sponsored a bill for the establishment of a national park. After a visit to the Olympic Peninsula in the fall of 1937, President Roosevelt added his enthusiastic support to the movement for a national park, and the act establishing Olympic National Park was signed on June 29, 1938. The coastal strip was added to the park in 1953. In 1976, Olympic National Park became an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 it was designated a World Heritage Park.