Queets, WA

Queets is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grays Harbor and Jefferson counties, Washington, United States. The 2020 census counted 136 residents. The post office at Queets was established July 13, 1880, and discontinued July 31, 1934, with mail being sent to Clearwater, approximately 8 miles away. The community is near the coast of the Pacific Ocean along the Queets River at the northern edge of the Quinault Indian Reservation. A newcomer can read Queets through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Queets comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Other local attractions include the Pacific beach hiking trails, Olympic National Park, and Olympic National Forest.