Editing Vernonia, Oregon (section)

==Transportation==
[[Oregon Route 47]] is the only major highway serving Vernonia, providing access from the lower [[Columbia River]] and [[U.S. Route 30 in Oregon|U.S. Route 30]] to the north, and from [[U.S. Route 26 (Oregon)|U.S. Route 26]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> The [[Banks–Vernonia State Trail]], a [[Rail trail|rails-to-trails]] conversion featuring a {{convert|21|mi|km|adj=on}} raised path for bicyclists, pedestrians, and horseback riders, roughly parallels Route 47 to the south of Vernonia. The Crown Zellerbach trail is a conversion of old logging roads (themselves a conversion from old railroad way) to a trail for mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding. This trail extends over {{convert|20|mi|km}} Vernonia to [[Scappoose, Oregon|Scappoose]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tdn.com/lifestyles/crown-zellerbach-trail-a-jewel-of-a-ride/article_432a5208-c175-11e1-a6bd-001a4bcf887a.html|title = Crown Zellerbach trail a jewel of a ride}}</ref> In 2023 the trail was designated as a National Recreation Trail to be included in the [[National Trails System|National Trail System]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 national recreation trails - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/2023-national-recreation-trails.htm |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>

===Public transit===
Very limited [[public transport|public transit]] service provided by the Columbia County Rider (or CC Rider), a service of the county's Transit Division, connects Vernonia with the [[Willow Creek / Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center|Willow Creek]] [[MAX Light Rail|MAX light rail]] station and bus transit center of [[TriMet]] in [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]].<ref name="CCRschedule">{{cite web|title=CC Rider: Nehalem Valley Fixed Route|date=March 31, 2013|publisher=Columbia County Rider|url=http://www.columbiacountyrider.com/files/Download/2013+Nehalem+Valley+Schedule.pdf|access-date=August 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828202406/http://www.columbiacountyrider.com/files/Download/2013+Nehalem+Valley+Schedule.pdf|archive-date=2013-08-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Called the Nehalem Valley Fixed-Route Service, the bus route was introduced on July&nbsp;1, 2009,<ref name="CCRnews">{{cite web|title=News and Current Events|date=July 1, 2009|publisher=Columbia County Rider|url=http://www.columbiacountyrider.com/tinc?key=rDULs1Lv&id=2&design-output-mode=js&design-css-mode=standard|access-date=May 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175859/http://www.columbiacountyrider.com/tinc?key=rDULs1Lv&id=2&design-output-mode=js&design-css-mode=standard|archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> and currently operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, twice per day (as one round trip in each rush hour).<ref name="CCRschedule"/>

===Airport===
[[Vernonia Municipal Airport]] (FAA: 05S) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two [[nautical miles]] (3.7&nbsp;km) west of the [[central business district]] of Vernonia.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=05S|use=PU|own=PU|site=19631.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.</ref>