‘Where families come to have fun’
For local residents Long Beach is the commercial center of the Peninsula. It is one of the two incorporated towns on the Peninsula (the other is Ilwaco), and is 130 years old. Famous in the Northwest for its eccentric charm, busy summers, many festivals and soaring kites, it is also a place of beautiful natural assets: miles of beach, dunes and forests.
More than just a ‘beach town’, Long Beach is a place with a solid core of reality. The people who make their homes here love it. It is first and foremost a community. You will find amusement rides, horse rental, go-carts, video arcades, a movie theatre and other traditional beach fare, as well as a golf course http://www.peninsulagolfcourse.com/ . Live in the city and you will enjoy first hand everything the town has to offer. Long Beach is home to many hotels, motels and restaurants. You can enjoy the boardwalk, the Discovery Trail (that connects all the way from the northern city limits on Long Beach to Beards Hollow in Cape Disappointment, the Cranberry Museum and the World Kite Museum. If you are lucky enough to have a 4-wheel drive, you can take a drive down the “world’s longest beach’. (Seaview to Leadbetter State Park) It’s legal here and traffic laws apply.
Don’t miss the Willapa Bay side of the Long Beach Peninsula for some of the most breathtaking views you can imagine. Drive down Sandridge and on the west side you will find Red Barn Arena, and for those who love horses, don’t miss the annual rodeo there. You will find gardening and landscaping businesses where dairies used be as well as the always interesting Bay Trader.
To the east you will find beautiful homes along the bay, each with their own personality and charm and views beyond compare.
Among the many pleasure of spring on the Long Beach Peninsula – the silvery flocks of migrating shorebirds, the unpredictable but often unnervingly beautiful weather – is the lack of crowds.
