Welcome to the Long Beach Peninsula!

Located on the Coas t... where the Columbia River meets the mighty Pacific Ocean.

We are delighted you are consider - ing our wonderful community as your next home. You couldn’t have chosen a better place to live. Located at the southern most tip of Washington State between the Pacific Ocean and Willapa Bay, the 28-mile long finger peninsula boasts the longest continuous sandy beach to the west, berry farms to the east and a rich and varied history dis - played in its architecture, state parks y r r e

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peninsula has been discovered as a P favorite destination by travelers the world around through its many and varied festivals and Lighthouse Realty’s professional agents are anxious to events. A host of adventurous and visionary individuals assist you in purchasing or selling properties, provide call the peninsula home and make it one of the outstanding information, and answer any questions you may have. communities in Washington. The peninsula provides the We have offices in Long Beach, Ocean Park and Surfside. excitement and abundance of recreational activities found in When you need a recommendation for a particular kind a tourist destination along with the relaxation of a rural area. of business or service, please check the index of this guide - Whether you walk the 8-mile long Discovery Trail, fly a kite, book first. We have invited each of these participants as build a sand castle, golf, clam or watch the sunset, the Long our co-sponsors due to their excellent reputation and fine Beach Peninsula has something for everyone that desires to community service. We rate and recommend them highly. call it home. Please accept my thanks for allowing Lighthouse Realty to assist you in all your real estate needs.

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Diamond Heart Publishing reproduced without the express written permission of Diamond Heart Publishing and Lighthouse Realty. r a K : o t o h P Lighthouse Realty 2 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 3 www.lighthouseproperty.com Hist ory The first inhabitants of the area were Native Americans of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe. During the 1700s, European explorers arrived in search of a Northwest Passage—a trade route con - necting the Atlantic to the Pacific. In November 1805, Lewis and Clark’s Corp of Discovery y r r

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and old growth forests. At the southern-most h P tip, the group of 33 men cut through the sandy isthmus and hiked up the shore to Long Beach. The Corp camped on the Washington side of the Columbia River in make it an ideal place to live for people of all ages. present-day Pacific County for Entrepreneurs and businesses looking to relo - 18 days. This opened the door cate find numerous advantages including lower for the first settlers who trav - operating costs due to low-cost energy and lower

y eled west from the mid-section r r e h than average cost of living rates; state of the art S c of the U.S. and Scandinavia, and M n e infrastructure such as high-speed telecommunica - e rl a began the area’s timber and fish - K : o ot tions and close proximity to the I-5 corridor as well as ing industries. Today oysters, clams, Ph several ports; a strong collaborative business community; crab, tuna, halibut, sturgeon, shrimp and a stable workforce; affordable housing; a supply of commer - salmon are still pulled from the sea by local fisherman and cial and light industrial zoned properties and a distinct cranberry bogs fill the space between the two coasts. But the Northwest quality of life that makes the peninsula an attrac - main industry is the hospitality accorded to the thousands of tive place to live, work and play. tourists that come to breathe the fresh air, walk the pristine We enthusiastically present the lovely communities of beach and feast on the local cuisine. Naselle, Chinook, Ilwaco, Seaview, Long Beach Long Beach, Ocean Park, Surfside, Peninsula Nahcotta and Oysterville—each Located in the southern half of Pacific County, the Long a unique jewel of Beach Peninsula sits 115 miles from Portland, Oregon and the peninsula. 165 miles from Seattle, Washington. It’s an ideal destination for a weekend or a lifetime getaway from the hustle and Long Beach bustle of big city life. It’s great to be so close to the ocean A vibrant resort and yet close to urban areas. community, Long With a year-round population of only a few thousand Beach bustles with people, one can walk the many trails and meandering paths, year-round activity. y r r e h

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and year-round events to keep the socially-minded occupied. quaint downtown o t W o a h s P s i The beautiful scenery, unhurried pace and friendly residents shopping and l E : o t o h P Lighthouse Realty 4 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 5 www.lighthouseproperty.com that stand in sharp contrast to the virtually flat land to the restaurants and plenty of shops including two large grocery fenced church, it’s history can be viewed by driving along north. Ilwaco, once known as the salmon capitol of the world, stores, a hardware store, pharmacy, galleries, gift shops, book - Main Street and reading signs telling of it’s past. Only three offers moorage for private sport boats and charter fishing. store as well as many options for visitor lodging. miles north is Leadbetter Point. This northernmost peninsula A visit to the Heritage Museum in town is an opportunity to Host to it’s own fourth of July festivities, in which tip and wildlife refuge has many wonderful forest and beach delve into the history of the area. The road continues to Cape Lighthouse Realty joins in the patri - trails. Watch for at least 100 species of migra- Disappointment State Park covering approximately 6,000 otic spirit by marching in the Old tory and upland birds. Among them are acres of the very southern tip of Washington. This is a spec - Fashioned 4th of July parade, Ocean Sanderlings, Yellowlegs, Knots, Snowy Plover tacular sight where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Park is also well known for it’s and the Black Brandt, a sea goose migrating Ocean, creating some of the roughest waters in the world and annual Garlic Festival and the “Rod along the Pacific between Alaska and Mexico. s r e t l setting the stage for the U.S. Coast Guard’s world-renowned Run to the End of the World,” which o y W r r r

a Chinook e h h C S life boat training school. There are trails leading through draws thousands into the area each c : o M t Gateway to the Long Beach Peninsula from o n h e P e dense forests with breathtaking views of Benson Beach, where year. Razor clam season attracts l r

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h Chinook. Once a prosperous community fishing P Pacific.” A sensational panoramic Surfside town, large Chinook salmon were harvested by nets pulled view of the area is available from Just north of Ocean Park is Surfside, a beach community onto the beach by horses. The old fishing traps are still visible the nearby Observation Room of with a backyard of approximately three miles of Pacific along the shores. The town still has a small harbor primarily the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Ocean. Amenities include several cabanas located on lakes housing a charter fleet and a commercial shrimping, crabbing Center as well as from both Cape and canals, walking bridges over waterways and trails to and salmon fishery. For an interesting tour, visit Fort Disappointment Lighthouse and access the beach. Surfside boasts well-designed and land - Columbia State Park Museum where you can view historical North Head Lighthouse. scaped homes that line the shore and rolling hillsides. military structures and actually go Seaview There is a challenging golf course and a growing inside the bunkers. One of the restaurants, there’s something for everyone. Between Long Beach and community. largest businesses in the Every year on the fourth of July the community Ilwaco where Hwy 101 meets area is the Bell Buoy

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P mostly to wealthy Portland fami - children’s laughter as they ride the merry-go- buy fresh or canned oysters and seafood at Willapa Hills and lies, early vacationers arrived by round, bumper cars, Ferris wheel and go-carts. the oyster farm, there is also a dock where bordered by the steamer, wagon and horseback, often bringing their house - y r you can go crabbing and catch your own. r Columbia River to Between the same avenues, raised above the grassy dunes, a e h S hold staff and stablemen with them. It’s easy to return in time c An interesting visit to the Willapa Bay M the south and half-mile boardwalk offers interpretive displays of the local n e e rl to those early years by viewing the many handsome 19th a K Interpretive Center will provide information : Willapa Bay to the west, flora and fauna, and superb views of sand and surf. to ho century homes and their gardens. Seaview P With pedestrian and bike friendly paths as well as about the history of the oyster industry. The center Naselle is rich with history was once a depot on the Clamshell up-to-date Internet and cable technology, Long Beach displays a 20-foot of Finnish immigrants who Railroad. That building still has excellent infrastructure to meet the needs of mural, old photographs built farms, logged big timber and remains on 38th Street, the businesses, residents, and visitors. Featuring a and tools of the oyster - caught huge numbers of salmon. main beach approach, and is unique coastal environment and rich cultural ing trade. The Port of The Appelo Archives Center provides a small local muse - now an excellent restaurant, and natural heritage, the city strives to build Peninsula in Nahcotta um, 3,500 historic logging and farming photographs and a The Depot, where visitors a diverse economic base that provides a is available for moorage library of Pacific Northwest history, as well as a large Finnish enjoy history and a fine sound quality of life and safe place where and scenic picnics. language and Finnish to English book collection. meal. residents can live, work, and play. On the inland side Various boat launches scattered throughout the area pro - Ocean Park of the Long Beach vide access to excellent fishing on the Columbia River as well e k n a Approximately ten miles Peninsula on the bank as campsites, hiking trails and the Radar Ridge viewpoint Ilwaco W a s lis E : Heading north on U.S. Highway 101, the land o north of Long Beach is Ocean of Willapa Bay is the with magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean, Astoria, the ot Ph e

hooks west and south between the Pacific Ocean Park, one of the larger unincorpo - k quiet little town of Oregon coast and the Columbia River. The surrounding lush n a W y r a and Baker Bay, reaching a point where the west’s largest rated communities. Started in the 19th Oysterville. Full of forests are a favorite during hunting season, and the beautiful r s e s h i l S E c : M river erupts in the world’s largest ocean. century as a Methodist Bible Camp, today it is o beautiful old homes Naselle River provides a picturesque backdrop during the t n o e h e P l r

The scenery is truly dramatic with soaring basalt cliffs the residential center of the peninsula. There are terrific and a white picket- annual steelhead and trout fishing season. a K : o t o h P Lighthouse Realty 6 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 7 www.lighthouseproperty.com Are a Attractions the crossroads of history where the Columbia two lighthouses, the Lewis and Clark paintings, photographs and the River meets the Pacific Ocean. Displays Interpretive Center and eight miles of words of Corps members them - illustrate local history from the earliest times hiking trails on 1,882 acres. Visitors selves. The center also features a when the Chinook Indians thrived in this can walk the beaches—Waikiki short film presentation, a gift shop region to the settlement years when European Beach, where the North Jetty meets and a glassed-in observation deck immigrants made this peninsula a year- the rocky cape; Benson Beach, the with fabulous views of the river, round home and profited from fishing, sandy stretch from the North Jetty headlands and sea. Additional logging and tourism. to North Head; Beards Hollow, the displays focus on local maritime y r r

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h Americans combined crushed There Railroad.” Lighthouses P cranberries with dried deer meat Port of Ilwaco Many ships and thousands of peo - and melted fat to make pemmican—a nutritious food with The Port of Ilwaco owns and operates an ple perished due to high waves and long term storage capacity. 800 slip recreational and commercial shifting sandbars in the are that This is just one of the many interesting facts about the fishing marina, along with a boat ramp, has come to be known as the history of the cranberry as well as key phases of the industry boat hoist, a 50-ton travel lift and “Graveyard of the Pacific.” from bog prep and planting to marketing cranberry products m u e s u self-service boatyard. There are The Cape Disappointment you’ll learn while visiting the M e t i K

d approximately 25 commercial, land- Lighthouse went into Cranberry Museum. Enjoy a l r o W : based tenants, comprised of six operation in 1856, self-guided walking tour of o t o h P waterfront restaurants, three the first in the Pacific the bogs and stop in the gift seafood markets, gift shops, Northwest. It sits on the shop for many unique cran - World Kite Museum galleries, book store and four charter tip of the cape and over - berry products or tried and y r r e h Looking for a family fun destination? Visit the World Kite S fishing businesses. The port is also c looks the Columbia River. true cranberry recipes. M y

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fly a kite on Long Beach’s world famous longest beach! P United States. Jessie’s also because ships traveling from the North memoration of the Lewis The World Kite Museum is the only museum devot - buys Dungeness crab and other fish. couldn’t see Cape D’s light. So the North Head and Clark Expedition, the ed to the art, culture, history, and science of kites and The Port of Ilwaco hosts numerous Lighthouse was built two miles north on the headland combined vision and hard work of a consortium of cities flight in the United States. Our collection of over 1,500 events across the year (see Calendar of surrounded by the ocean. The 65-foot tall structure emits and public agencies has been involved in construction of kites from all over the world offers a unique opportunity Events) as well as the waterfront a beam that can be seen 17 miles out to sea. Discovery Trail since the to view some of the most beautiful works of art created Saturday Market, every Saturday from Today, both lighthouses are functional fall of 2002. The cities of by international and American kite makers. We have an May through September. There is and are operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Long Beach and Ilwaco, entire exhibit devoted to the use of kites during WWII always activity going on at the Port Lewis and Clark with the Washington State y r r

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Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum after his inability to locate the mouth of the Columbia River, mural-sized “timeline” panels guide visi - e Oregon National Guard to e e l h r S a c K M Discover History! Located in the center of Ilwaco, WA is one of the state’s most famous and popular parks. It tors through the westward journey of the : complete the trail, which o n t e o e h l r P

the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is the place to explore features a 250-site campground, two miles of ocean beach, Lewis and Clark Expedition using sketches, stretches 8.5 miles from a K : o t o h P Lighthouse Realty 8 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 9 www.lighthouseproperty.com Ilwaco to North Long Beach. estuaries in the United States. Willapa Bay is The Ilwaco section of the trail is the second largest estuary on the Pacific Annual Events Finnish American Folk Festival – Naselle markedly different from the beach Coast and includes over 260 square miles of OTC Ilwaco Tuna Classic – Ilwaco trail. Here you go through forest water surface. The Refuge was established groves and enjoy some wonderful in 1937 to protect migrating and wintering January August view spots, including an overlook of populations of brant, waterfowl, shorebirds, Crab Feed – Long Beach Jake the Alligator Man’s Birthday – Long Beach Ford’s Dry Lake/Holman Lake that and other migratory birds. The Refuge was Windless Kite Festival – Long Beach Blues and Seafood – Ilwaco is expansive and unique. established at a time when many estuaries Jazz and Oysters – Ocean Park The Trail segment in Long were rapidly being destroyed by diking, February WA State International Kite Festival – Long Beach Beach includes monuments that draining, dredging, sedimentation, and Asian New Year Kite Celebration – Long Beach evoke the experiences of Corps pollution. Valentine’s Dance – Ilwaco September y r r members as they explored the e The Refuge preserves a number of h Labor Day Weekend – Peninsula S c March M

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o Slow Drag at the Port – Ilwaco h Whale-watching on the Coast – Peninsula Avenue, a Gray Whale skeleton at P growth forest, and dynamic coastal dunes. the south end of the Boardwalk, Visitors to the refuge can enjoy viewing April Rod Run to the End of the World – Ocean Park and Clark’s Tree, a 19-foot bronze sculpture noting the most a wide variety of wildlife, from spawning salmon in the Discovery Trail Half Marathon – Long Beach NW point the Corps reached on their journey. Look for the Refuge’s numerous streams, Roosevelt elk on Long Island, Peninsula Arts Association Spring Show – Long Beach bronze marker of Captain Clark with a sturgeon, interpretive and the tens of thousands of migrating shorebirds that crowd Black Lake Fishing Derby – Ilwaco October displays along the Long Beach Boardwalk, and a variety of the beaches at Leadbetter Point and tidal flats of Willapa Bay. May Wild Mushroom Celebration – Peninsula metal sculptures, including bicycle racks shaped like fish and www.fws.gov/willapa/recreation/recreation.html. Halibut/Sturgeon Fishing Season – Ilwaco Peninsula Arts Association Fall Show – Long Beach dancing dogs with litter bags. http://funbeach.com/local Water Music Festival – Peninsula attractions/discovery-trail/ Children’s Loyalty Day Parade & Blessing of the Fleet – Ilwaco Cranberrian Fair – Ilwaco Willapa National Wildlife Refuge One Sky, One World Kite Celebration – Long Beach Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is over 16,000 acres of Loyalty Day Parade – Long Beach tidelands, temperate rainforest, ocean beaches, and small Surf Perch Derby – Long Beach Graveyard of the Pacific Events – Ilwaco streams. It also includes several rare remnants of old growth World’s Longest Garage Sale – Peninsula November coastal cedar forest. The Refuge preserves habitat for spawn - Memorial Day Weekend – Peninsula Wild Mushroom Celebration – Peninsula ing wild salmon, hundreds of thousands of migrating shore - Cribbage Tournament – Long Beach birds, and threatened species such as the Snowy Plover and y June r r e h S Marbled Murrelet. The Refuge is a great place to see what the c SW Washington Sturgeon Derby – Chinook “Ocian in View” Cultural Weekend – Ilwaco M n e e

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The Refuge is located at the northern tip of the Long t o h Beach Peninsula on Willapa Bay, one of the most pristine P Northwest Garlic Festival – Ocean Park December Beach to Chowder 5K/10K Run/Walk – Long Beach Lighted Boat Parade & Crab Pot Christmas Tree – Ilwaco July Bed and Breakfast Holiday Open House – Peninsula Box K Salmon fishing Season – Ilwaco Tuba Christmas – Ilwaco Old Fashioned Fourth of July Street Fair & Parade Fireworks at Midnight over Ocean – Long Beach , Inc. Auto Repai r – Ocean Park And Also Family Owned & Operated Since 1980 Family Owned & Operated Since 1980 Fireworks on the Beach – Long Beach Summer Fest and Columbia Pacific Farmer’s Market – Complete Automotive Auto - Truck - Motorhomes Fireworks at the Port – Ilwaco May thru September – Long Beach Service & Repair Foreign & Domestic Clamshell Railroad Days – Ilwaco Saturday Market at the Port – May thru September – Ilwaco Music in the Gardens Tour – Peninsula Beach Clean Up Days – January, April, July – Peninsula y

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Open Monday – Friday 4213 Pacific Hwy o n W e r e 8am – 5pm Seaview, WA l a r h a Annual NPRA Rodeo – Long Beach Art Walks – June, July, August, September – Ilwaco K C : : o o t t o o h h P P Lighthouse Realty 10 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 11 www.lighthouseproperty.com Demographics Top Area Employers (2012) Edu cat io n # Employer Product/Service Employees Location 1. Ocean Beach Hospital ...... Healthcare . . . . 150 Ocean Beach School District Geographic : 2. Ocean Beach School District #102 . . Education . . . . 135 The Ocean Beach School District, located on the beau - Southwest Washington coast 3. Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co...... Marine ...... 78 tiful Long Beach Peninsula, has two elementary schools Topographic boundaries : Population 4. Jack’s Country Store ...... Retail ...... 41 (Ocean Park and Long Beach) and a middle/high (Ilwaco). West – Pacific Ocean Pacific County ...... 20,920 5. Bell Buoy Crab Company, Inc...... Marine ...... 40 Currently the district East – Willapa Bay Long Beach ...... 1,392 6. Pacific County ...... Government . . . 39 finds itself in a period North – Willapa Harbor Ocean Park ...... 1,573 7. Peninsula Pharmacies ...... Retail ...... 37 of growth as students South – Columbia River Ilwaco ...... 950 8. Chautauqua Lodge ...... Hospitality . . . . 35 and staff enjoy the 9. City of Long Beach ...... Government . . . 28 Time Zone : Pacific Seaview ...... 473 support of the commu - 10. Naselle Rock & Asphalt Co...... Construction . . . 25 Elevation : Sea level – 30' Chinook ...... 353 nity in remodeled 11. Sid’s Super Market ...... Retail ...... 25 Area : 43 square miles Naselle ...... 419 12. Shelburne Inn & Restaurant ...... Hospitality . . . . 24 buildings that show the Dimensions : 28 miles long; Unincorporated areas . . . 14,280 pride the people have 1.5 miles wide Source: Pacific County EDC – 201235 Source: 2010 Census in their schools. Longitude : 46.46˚ N A comprehensive Latitude : 124.043˚ W Peninsula Employment: academic program Terrain : marshes, grassland, hills, provides a challenging bay, and marine environment with Government 17.16% 28 miles of sand beaches along the Services 13.74% curriculum to all stu - Pacific Ocean. Hospitality 13.13% dents tailored to meet Retail 12.63% individual needs. All teachers are “Highly Qualified” in Climate Real Estate/Rentals/Construction 11.69% their field of expertise, ensuring students receive the best Ag/Forestry/Fishing/Hunting 8.24% Average Daily Temps (F) education the district can offer. High school students may January ...... 47˚ high; 34˚low Manufacturing 7.29% choose Advance Placement classes in several curricular July ...... 71˚ high; 52˚ low Finance/Insurance 4.45% November ...... 54˚ high; 39˚low Health Care/Social Assistance 3.88% areas or participate in Career and Technical Education Professional/Scientific/Technical 3.44% (CTE), and even learn how to operate a business through Average Annual Rainfall ...... 80+" Source: EMSI Complete Misc. 4.40% Average Length Growing Season . . . 180 days Employment 2012.3 Ilwaco Industries. With a major emphasis on increasing student Transportation Taxes achievement faculty set high standards for presenting N–S: SH 103; Coast Highway 101 Sales Tax : 7.8% (state & local) engaging lessons and preparing students to live successful Bus & Rail : Amtrak and national bus lines available in Olympia, Property Tax : 10.36/$1000 value on property (incorporated towns) lives as stewards of their world. Staff works collaboratively Centralia or Kelso 11.71/$1000 valuation (unincorporated areas) to learn from each other. They meet frequently to examine e k

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h The district offers vocal and instrumental music P programs to all students through high school. Visual and performing arts are highlights at IMHS. The historical performing arts auditorium is the “stage” upon which students sing, play, dance and act in performances throughout the year. A full complement of extra-curricular opportunities teaches students how to work as part of a team and achieve personal goals. Students learn the value of life-long fitness. The stadium and gyms are normally y r r

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We invite you to call the superintendent’s office with K : o t o h P Lighthouse Realty 12 www.lighthouseproperty.com Lighthouse Realty 13 www.lighthouseproperty.com questions and to view state interactive TV from our main campus in Aberdeen. assessment results, school Financial aid and scholarships are available to help Phone Numbers calendars and individual you pay for college. school sites on our website at GHC also offers GED prep classes and testing, Emergency ...... 911 Transportation www.oceanbeachschools.org. English as a Second Language instruction, plus Fire (non-emergency) Dial-A-Ride ...... 360-642-9418 Pacific Transit System ...... 360-642-9418 community education classes every quarter. District #1 – Ocean Park ...... 360-665-4451 Ilwaco Airport ...... 360-642-3143 Gray’s Harbor College The centers are available as rental spaces for use District #2 – Chinook ...... 360-777-8209 Grays Harbor College by the community. District #4 – Naselle ...... 360-484-3264 Services

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