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Nearest Communities to Pysht,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Pysht, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Pysht:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Pysht is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Clallam County.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pysht.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Pysht (which is Clallam County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Pysht

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Clallam County   (where Pysht resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clallam:   Port Angeles
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean and to the north is the Strait of Juan de Fuca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pysht   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pysht.
      • Clallam Bay
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Twin is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
      • Sekiu
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sappho
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sappho is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sappho
      • Shadow
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Shadow is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow
      • Fairholm
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairholm is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
      • Ovington
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ovington is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovington
      • Beaver
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Crescent
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Crescent is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Old Royal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Old Royal is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Royal
      • Disque
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Disque is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disque
      • Piedmont
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Piedmont is located in Clallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Port Crescent ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Port Crescent is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Crescent
        • Shuwah
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Shuwah is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuwah
        • Joyce
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Maple Grove
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Maple Grove is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
        • Ramapo
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Ramapo is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
        • Snug Harbor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
        • Forks
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Forks is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <4>
        • Coville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Coville is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coville
        • Elwha
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Elwha is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwha
        • Neah Bay
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Olympic Hot Springs
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Olympic Hot Springs is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hot Springs
        • Ozette
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Ozette is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
        • Lower Elwha
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Lower Elwha is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Elwha
        • Quillayute
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Quillayute is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillayute
        • Windy Arm
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Windy Arm is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Arm
        • Waatch
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Waatch is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waatch
        • Classet
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Classet is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Classet
        • Midway
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Midway is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Whiskey Bend
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Whiskey Bend is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bend
        • Mora
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Mora is located in Clallam County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pysht) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pysht, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.