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About Chinook
Chinook, WA is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern Washington.
Chinook holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.01 square miles.
📰 Chinook News Today
- Rare catch sets new WA record Chinook Observer · Aug 16
- Fall Chinook Season Set On Washington's Snake; Lower Wild King Limit From Clarkston Up - Northwest Sportsman Magazine · Aug 6
- Washington state-record marlin caught off Ilwaco Chinook Observer · Aug 15
- Monthly Weather Forecast for Chinook, Washington 98614 The Weather Channel · Apr 8
- Washington to hold limited spring chinook season on Snake Ri... The Lewiston Tribune · Apr 24
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Chinook Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southwestern Washington, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Washington — one of 639 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Columbia River Quarantine Station · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chinook
- 🏞️ Dismal Nitch - Lewis and Clark National Historical Park · National Park reviews ★
- 🏞️ Middle Village - Station Camp - Lewis and Clark National His · National Park reviews ★
- Chinook Park reviews ★
- Chinook Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Fort Columbia State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Charlie Davis Park reviews ★
- Knappton Water Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateWashington
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.01 sq mi
Coordinates46.2755, -123.9422