Purpose of this Website
Maybe you live here, or maybe you are just visiting. The ‘Re-Joyce!’ website was created as a one-stop resource about the Joyce area, for both residents and visitors. Here you will find a full collection of links related to the North Olympic Peninsula, as well as a blog that occasionally dives into details and analysis about the area.
This website was created by a Joyce resident who moved here in early 2019, after finding the natural beauty and recreational opportunities of the area to be simply too good to pass up. In any community, it takes time to learn the background and the resources – the people, the history, the web links, etc. – that reveal the richness of a place. Hopefully, the content of this website will support two goals:
- to help visitors quickly find what they need, so they can see and enjoy more while in our natural wonderland; and,
- to help inform residents so they can be more involved, constructively working together while guiding how the Joyce area grows.
COMMUNITY & GOVERNMENT:
CCFPD4 – Clallam Fire District No.4: A volunteer fire district since 1955, expanded into medical responding in 1985. website
CCFPD4 – Board of Commissioners: Five elected commissioners, serving 6-year terms. webpage
CCFPD4 – Joyce Fire Auxiliary: 501(c)3 nonprofit, created to support CCFPD4. Facebook page
CCFPD4 – JEPP: The Joyce Emergency Planning and Preparation Group; a subcommittee to Joyce Fire Auxiliary since 2016. website
Clallam Conservation District: a non-regulatory sub-division of state government created in 1959 to help land users conserve natural resources. webpage
ClallamMap: County Assessor maps, aerial photos, etc. MultiPurpose Map
Clallam PUD: Electric utility for the area; their outage map. webpage
COVID info: links to county, state, CDC, and WHO data pages. R-J! webpage
Crescent Bay Lions Club: Community service group off Highway 112 at 181 Holly Hill Road. website
Crescent Grange 1123: Community service group at 50724 Highway 112. website
Crescent Community Advisory Council: Formed in 2006, an 11-member panel appointed by the Clallam County Board of Commissioners. webpage
Crescent School District 313: website
Crescent United Coalition: Drug and Alcohol Prevention in the Crescent School District. website
Law Enforcement: Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. website
Library: North Olympic Library System. website
Post Office: Inside Joyce General Store. [Hours: M-F 11:15-1:00 and 1:30-3:45; Saturdays 8:00-9:30]
Solid Waste: Regional Transfer Station, operated by City of PA. website
Water: Water from the upper Lyre River, just below Lake Crescent; Crescent Water Association has served the area since 1963. website
PLACES & RECREATION:
Clallam Bay: WIKI
Dungeness Spit: WIKI; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Hiking Groups: Sequim Over The Hill Hikers website; Klahhane Club website.
Hurricane Ridge: WIKI; Hurricane Hill hike webpage at WTA.org.
Joyce General Store: the only store in Joyce, but also a landmark and virtual museum. Facebook page.
Joyce Museum: web report at scenicwa.com.
Klahhane Ridge: hike webpage at WTA.org.
Lake Angeles: hike webpage at WTA.org
Lake Crescent: WIKI
Makah Reservation: As of April 1, 2022, open again to the public. website
Mount Storm King (and lower vista): steep trail to a great vista, above the middle south side of Lake Crescent; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Murdock Beach: Field Report by Pacific NW Beachcombing. webpage
Neah Bay: WIKI
Olympic Discovery Trail: From Port Townsend to LaPush. Website by the Peninsula Trails Coalition.
Olympic National Forest: website
Olympic National Park: website
Ozette Lake: WIKI
Pyramid Mountain: challenging trail to a vista on the west side of Lake Crescent; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Sadie Creek Trail: PDF map at DNR webpage.
Salish Sea: The marginal sea area centered on Puget Sound, The Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. WIKI
Salt Creek Recreation Area: A Clallam County park east of Salt Creek along the shores of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 92 campsites and 196-acres. website
Sekiu: WIKI
Sol Duc Falls: Sol Duc River WIKI; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Sol Duc Hot Springs: Webpage by NPS concessioner Aramark.
Spruce Railroad Trail: WIKI; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Striped Peak: DNR-managed lands with trails to a 1,166 ft summit, just east of Salt Creek Recreation Area. WIKI; hike webpage at WTA.org.
Strait of Juan de Fuca: The 96-mile long waterway between the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island. WIKI
USGS – Topo Maps: Access the national topographic map to create your own topo maps, at this webpage.
OTHER:
Birds: Wikipedia page with a ‘List of Birds of the Olympic National Park’. WIKI
Craigslist – ‘OlyPen, For Sale’: webpage
Ferry – Kingston Vehicle Watch: WSF webpage [for other ferries, scroll down and click on terminal links in left margin area]
Lost & Found Pets Of Clallam County: Public Group on Facebook.
North Olympic Land Trust: Working to conserve the Olympic Peninsula’s rich habitat, natural resources, prime farmland soils, and breathtaking scenery – in perpetuity. website.
Olympic Hiking Company: Founded in PA in 2016, guide and backpacker shuttle service and more; informative website.
River Levels: State Map with daily streamflow conditions. Click on colored dots to access specific river/stream data report. USGS website
Road Conditions: state-wide, real-time alert map by WSDOT.
Swain’s: started in Port Angeles in 1957, a full-line general merchandise store and landmark. Located at 602 E First St. website
Tides: New Dungeness Lighthouse 2022 Tidal Charts at webpage; Crescent Bay current tide info at NOAA webpage [click blue box upper right corner to download annual tide tables]; Sekiu current tide info at USharbors.com webpage [scroll down to table, then click on ‘printable tide charts’ link to view or download full month].
Weather: Joyce hourly forecast at Weather.com; METAR (Aviation Weather, past 5-days observations at KCLM) at website.