McCleary () is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2010 census.

Henry McCleary came to the home in 1897, building two sawmills and a edit manufacturing company. He sold the house and the companies to Simpson Logging Company, December 31, 1941. On January 9, 1943 the house became an incorporated city named after its founder. The Henry McCleary House, designed by Joseph Wohleb, stills stands in Olympia, Washington and is listed upon the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1959, McCleary started its Bear Festival. It was an idea that bears that were in surplus came and ate the bark from the evergreen trees and killing the trees after hibernation. People from all over have ascend taste its bear stew. Although the bear stew is the big attraction to the festival, there is after that a kiddies parade, grand parade, royal court ceremony, bands, dances, slow-pitch baseball, and many other actions in anything three days.

McCleary is located at 47°3′19″N 123°16′8″W / 47.05528°N 123.26889°W / 47.05528; -123.26889 (47.055359, -123.268859).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 2.07 square miles (5.36 km²), of which, 2.05 square miles (5.31 km²) is house and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km²) is water.