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Welcome to Rockaway Beach ...

Rockaway Beach is located in Island County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rockaway Beach: Rockaway Bch.

Rockaway Beach is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rockaway Beach lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rockaway Beach: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Rockaway Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rockaway Beach - they are located in California, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockaway Beach.

Communities near Rockaway Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockaway Beach.

  • Marysville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Harbor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Arlington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Port Townsend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Coupeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Langley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • La Conner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Utsalady
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utsalady
    • Utsalady is located in Snohomish County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rockaway Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockaway Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockaway Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockaway Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockaway Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Rockaway Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockaway Beach ...

Looking for more information about Rockaway Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rockaway Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rockaway Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Island, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rockaway Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Rockaway Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Rockaway Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.