Belfair is an unincorporated community located in Mason County, Washington. Located at the head of the Hood Canal, a branch of Puget Sound, it serves as the commercial center of North Mason. The population of the surrounding area swells in the summertime as tourists and nature lovers flock to the Canal and Olympic National Park. The population within the Urban Growth Area (UGA) is an estimated 700. Mason County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... Great Bend of Hood Canal from the southeast Hood Canal, is a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, with an average width of 1. ... Puget Sound For the university in this region, see University of Puget Sound. ... Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the far northwestern part of the state known as the Olympic Peninsula. ...

Belfair is located on an isthmus connecting the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula. It receives an average rainfall of 60" yearly and has a growing season of 212 days. The Kitsap Peninsula, at times called the Indian Peninsula or the Great Peninsula, is the arm of land in Washington state (USA) that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound and east of the Olympic Peninsula across Hood Canal. ... The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. ...

Mason Lake is eight miles southwest of Belfair. Mason Lake is a natural lake near Belfair, Washington, USA. Profile of Mason Lake Categories: | | ...

Belfair is the home of congressman Norm Dicks a member of the Democratic Party . Belfair was also home to Noah Ashenhurst, a teacher and award-winning author of the novel Comfort Food. Sixth Congressional District of Washington Norman DeValois Dicks (born December 16, 1940), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1977, representing the Sixth Congressional District of Washington. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972) is the author of the novel Comfort Food which won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Regional Fiction (West-Pacific). ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Belfair is generally considered to be the largest community in Washington to not be recognised by the US Census in any form, even under the Census-designated place form. It is considered a topic candidate to become a CDP for the 2010 US Census. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... CDP may stand for: Continuous data protection Census-designated place Christian Democratic Party Cisco Discovery Protocol Discount Code for Hertz Rental Cars Celebrity Death Pool Component-based, Distributed, Platform-independent This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the... The Twenty-third United States Census will be the next national census in the United States. ...

Belfair was originally called Clifton, as were several other WA towns. To avoid confusion, it was renamed in 1925 by Mrs. Murray, the postmaster, who submitted the name Belfair from a book that she was then reading.

Belfair is home to The Taste of Hood Canal, an annual event falling on the second Saturday in August. This festival features local artists, foods, a classic car show and is sponsored by the North Mason Rotary Club.

External links

• Map of Area
• Noah Ashenhurst, author and teacher
• North Mason Chamber
• Theler Center
• Taste of Hood Canal
• Hood Canal Tourism
• Belfair page at Official Mason County Tourism website

Coordinates: 47°27′02″N, 122°49′33″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Belfair has a high school(North Mason High School) and a middle school(Hawkins Middle School) and two elementary schools(Sand Hill Elementery located on Sand Hill Road and Belfair Elementery located across from the Mary E. Theler Wetland Center located in town.