Kelso (Washington)

Kelso is a city in the Southwest Washington region of Washington State.

By car

 * I-5.svg Interstate 5: Kelso is located just off of I-5 and is accessed from Exits #39 (Allen St/Kelso) & 40 (N Kelso Ave) from the northbound lanes. Most of the services for food, gasoline and lodging are located off of Exit #39 while the Exit #40 accesses a local residential district north of town.
 * WA-4.svg Allen St: Goes through town from I-5 as Allen St to 5th Ave N (WB) & 4th Ave N (EB). It becomes Ocean Beach Hwy west of its intersection with Washington Way, west of town. SR-4 connects Longview/Kelso to the coast (Long Beach & Astoria) along the Washington side of the Columbia River.
 * Washington Way Local boulevard that connects West Kelso to Longview.

By train

 * Routes stopping in Kelso:
 * Amtrak Cascades operates between Vancouver, BC and Eugene via Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Everett, Edmonds, Seattle, Tukwila, Tacoma, Lacey (Olympia), Centralia, Kelso (Longview), Vancouver, WA, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Albany.  There are two round trips daily along the portion between Vancouver and Seattle, four round trips daily along the portion between Seattle and Portland, and two round trips daily along the portion between Portland and Eugene.  No train departures travel the whole length of the route. Additional service between Vancouver and Seattle, and between Portland to Eugene are provided on the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.
 * Coast Starlight operates daily between Seattle and Los Angeles. Stops include Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Dunsmuir, Redding, Chico, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, San Francisco (Emeryville), Oakland, San Jose, Salinas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Van Nuys, and Burbank. Between Seattle and Eugene, it makes the same stops as the Amtrak Cascades, except it skips Tukwila and Oregon City.
 * Coast Starlight operates daily between Seattle and Los Angeles. Stops include Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Dunsmuir, Redding, Chico, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, San Francisco (Emeryville), Oakland, San Jose, Salinas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Van Nuys, and Burbank. Between Seattle and Eugene, it makes the same stops as the Amtrak Cascades, except it skips Tukwila and Oregon City.

By bus
The serves as a bus station for River Cities Transit, Greyhound and other regional bus companies serving adjacent Columbia County, Oregon and Wahkiakum County, Washington. It is located along 1st Ave S between Ash & Pine St, next to the Amtrak Station in downtown Kelso:


 * 44 Three Rivers Mall, Kelso 'Amtrak/Greyhound' Transit Center, Triangle Center and Heron Point via Ocean Beaches Way (SR-4). Goes by the RA Long Square (Central Park) in Longview on the eastbound trip towards Three Rivers Mall.
 * 45 Three Rivers Mall, Kelso 'Amtrak/Greyhound' Transit Center, RA Long Square (Central Park), Mark Morris HS/Triangle Center, Longview Transit Center. Connections to Longview on the other side of the Cowlitz River.
 * 57 Local bus within Kelso proper on the east side of the Cowlitz River including stops to Three Rivers Mall and Kelso 'Amtrak/Greyhound' Transit Center.
 * 45 Three Rivers Mall, Kelso 'Amtrak/Greyhound' Transit Center, RA Long Square (Central Park), Mark Morris HS/Triangle Center, Longview Transit Center. Connections to Longview on the other side of the Cowlitz River.
 * 57 Local bus within Kelso proper on the east side of the Cowlitz River including stops to Three Rivers Mall and Kelso 'Amtrak/Greyhound' Transit Center.



See
Mount St. Helens

Sleep
Except the Best Western most of the listed hotels in the below are located 2 mi (3.2 km) NW of town at Allen & I-5 (Exit #39) surrounding the Three Rivers Mall and the other mall at 200-236 S Kelso Dr on the east side of the freeway: