Grays River (Washington)
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Grays River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in southwestern Washington in the United States. One of the lowest tributaries of the Columbia on the Washington side, it drains an area of low hills north of the mouth of the river.
It rises in the eastern Willapa Hills in southwestern Pacific County. It flows generally southwesterly across western Wahkiakum County, passing the village of Grays River. Roughly 5 miles (8 km) southwest of that village, it enters the broad portion of the Columbia's tidal estuary from the north, at Grays Bay, about 15 miles (24 km) upstream from the great river's mouth.
Grays River is a popular destination for whitewater rafting and kayaking. It is also crossed, at the eponymous village, by the Grays River Covered Bridge, the only such bridge in Washington and a nationally registered historic place.
