Diamond Point, Washington

Diamond Point, Washington
Unincorporated community
Diamond Point, seen from Gardiner
Diamond Point Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 48°05′39″N 122°54′47″W / 48.09417°N 122.91306°WCoordinates: 48°05′39″N 122°54′47″W / 48.09417°N 122.91306°W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Clallam
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	98382

Diamond Point, seen from Gardiner

Diamond Point is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, located on the Miller Peninsula. While some homes are located along the water on the point itself, most of the homes are located on the bluffs and plateau above Discovery Bay and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Diamond Point is entirely residential and is serviced by the small Diamond Point Airport, notable for taxiways that run across residential streets, connecting to hangars that are adjacent to driveways. Diamond Point is at the northwestern corner of Discovery Bay, and looks north to Protection Island.

Miller Peninsula State Park is located on all landward sides of the community. This unimproved park has miles of hiking trails and is accessible from the community or from a number of nearby trailheads.

History

Klallam Indians had a village with a stockade at the point when the first European explorers entered the region. A quarantine station for ships coming into the Puget Sound from outside the United States was built at Diamond Point in the late 1880s. There are still old relics of Diamond Point's past visible, including two crumbling docks, a spray house, a utility building, a hospital, and a nurses' quarters. The quarantine station remained active until 1934. The hospital and nurses' quarters are now private residences.

The area was opened up to residential development in the late 1950s and within 10 years the Diamond Point Land Company and the Sunshine Acres development had much of the land plotted and sold.

References

• Fish, Harriet U., "Fish Tales of Diamond Point Quarantine Station", © 1992