Piedmont, Washington

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Piedmont
Unincorporated community
Piedmont Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 48°05′37″N 123°47′30″W / 48.09361°N 123.79167°W / 48.09361; -123.79167Coordinates: 48°05′37″N 123°47′30″W / 48.09361°N 123.79167°W / 48.09361; -123.79167
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Clallam
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

Piedmont is a small unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It is located on Lake Crescent in the northwestern corner of the Olympic National Park. Because of its convenient location near Port Angeles, Piedmont has become an important recreational area.

Settler John Smith arrived at the Piedmont area around 1883. William Dawson named Piedmont in 1893 for its location at the foot of a mountain.^[1]

References

↑ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clallam County, Washington, United States

County seat: Port Angeles

Cities	Forks Port Angeles Sequim

CDPs	Bell Hill Blyn Carlsborg Clallam Bay Jamestown Neah Bay Port Angeles East River Road Sekiu

Other unincorporated communities	Agnew Beaver Diamond Point Dungeness Elwha Fairholm Joyce La Push Ozette Piedmont Pysht Sappho Schoolhouse Point

Indian reservations	Lower Elwah Reservation Makah Reservation Quileute Indian Reservation

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