Longview
Longview is a city in Washington State. It is nicknamed the "City of Trees" and was established in 1923 by R. A. Long, who intended it to become the "Chicago of the West".
Understand
Get in
By car
Interstate 5 runs through neighboring Kelso, connecting the area to Seattle and Portland.
By train
By bus
- Lower Columbia CAP. Rural public bus system serving Longview from Kalama, Woodland, and Salmon Creek (near Vancouver, WA) in the south and Castle Rock, Toledo/Winlock (I-5 exit #63), and Chehalis in the north. It is possible to transfer at Salmon Creek from the C-TRAN bus system serving Vancouver and Portland. Fares $2 per boarding.
Get around
Major streets radiate like wheel spokes from the city center.
See
- 1 Lake Sacajawea.
- 2 Nutty Narrows Bridge (the squirrel bridge).
- RA Long High School.
Do
Driving through Longview in the fall is a pleasure for the eyes that is more typical to New England than the Pacific Northwest. Where much of Washington state is covered with evergreen trees the city of Longview has planted hundreds of deciduous trees all around town. Every fall the area between the civic circle and RA Long is covered in leaves of every imaginable color.
Buy
Eat
Drink
Longview loves its coffee. Of course there are a number of Starbucks locations, but in addition to that there is the Electric Bean, Zojo Coffee [formerly dead link] , Guse's Gourmet Coffee, Lisa's Lattes [dead link], and Fusion Bubble Tea. These are great places to hang out and grab a drink whether it's coffee, smoothies, hot chocolates, or tea. The Electric Bean even features regular concerts and art shows.
Sleep
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Longview |
| Naselle ← Cathlamet ← | W  E |
→ Kelso → Ends at  |
| END ← | N  S |
→ Rainier → Ends at  |