Ridgefield is located in Southwest Washington, 20 minutes north of Portland, Oregon and about 2.5 hours south of Seattle, Washington.
Ridgefield offers the best of life in a small community while being in close proximity to the Portland-Vancouver metro area, which offers a world-class food scene, theater, ballet, professional sports events, and more. Whether you are a long-time resident, new to town or visiting for the first time, we encourage you to explore and enjoy all that Ridgefield has to offer.
- 20 min. to Portland, OR
- 20 min. to Portland Int’l Airport
- 2.5 hours south of Seattle
- On the I-5 Discovery Corridor
Ridgefield is in the pastoral, rolling hills countryside of northern Clark County, Washington. Ridgefield is notable for the significant Native American and Lewis and Clark Expedition history of the area but is also the home of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, a primary reserve for migrating waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway.
While the city, itself is relatively modest in size, the geographic area that is locally also called Ridgefield is quite a bit larger, extending from the Columbia River to its immediate west, the Lewis River to the north, several miles past Interstate 5 to the east, and south nearly to Vancouver, Washington.
Early Ridgefield settlers built a vibrant agricultural and forestry-based economy, followed by growth in the industrial and shipping sectors with the creation of the Interstate 5 junction and the expansion of the Port of Ridgefield.
The I-5 junction has experienced and is planned to see significant commercial and industrial growth. State Route 501, also known as Pioneer Street, acts as the primary transportation corridor connecting downtown and the I-5 Junction.
Main Avenue and Hillhurst Road are north-south connectors that reflect over 100 years of settlement, with a mix of old historic residential structures interspersed with modern subdivisions.
Ridgefield is working to maintain and improve the quality of existing residences while encouraging the development of new neighborhoods that have distinctive and individual character, pedestrian-friendly amenities and parks.
