Lake Emma - Lake Sacajawea

My first time visiting the state of Washington and decided on staying in Longview Washington and in this town is this beautiful park that stretches across the town with bridges and different trees and a beautiful lake.. this town takes great care of its parks.. my family and I walked the entire park a few times while we were there and didn't see any trash whatsoever no graffiti.. In fact everyone we saw seemed friendly and at no point did we feel unsafe nor uncomfortable.. this is one of the most beautiful city parks I've seen.. very beautifully maintained in fact the best well maintained park I've been to..and I don't say that lightly.. my visit to Longview Washington was amazing,.. more so because of Lake Sacajawea... Please make sure you pick up after yourself and always go by the leave no trace policy and leave it better than you found it!!

Gorgeous lake with a full walk around loop and options for partial shorter loops. Gravel walkway so don't wear white linen shoes. Japanese gardens are only open certain hours. Lots of squirrels & geese so bring feed if you plan to have them come close to you. Most houses around lake are quaint and are an enjoyable part of the experience.

Fourth of July celebrations - lots of vendors and carnival style rides.

Halloween they do trick or treating with vendors. *Note-not a line so don't wait behind others or you'll only see 5 vendors in an hour (5 pieces of candy in an hour). We all love our grandma's but no one wants everyone to go at the pace of the slowest person in the group. Go at your own pace having your kids go to to the vendors without a large group and you'll have a good time. Some seem to think it's supposed to be a line and get very frustrated that people don't move fast enough/being rushed by the people behind them. The kids get discouraged with only a couple candies and no one has a good time. It's not a line, break out of the "line" and you and your kids will have a blast.