Cathlamet, WA Commercial Kitchen Trailers for Rent

When a permanent kitchen in Cathlamet is closed for renovation, repairs or an equipment failure, a rented mobile commercial kitchen lets meal service continue from a trailer parked on site. Longview is only 21 miles away, with about 38,294 residents, and Castle Rock about 23 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.

Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 24ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.

Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer lists push-through low-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 150A. Kalama, 29 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

A failed walk-in freezer is a race against thawing. Call the 24-hour line for an emergency refrigerated trailer; the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer lists 220V, single phase, 40 to 60A and a standard receptacle. Winlock sits in Lewis County, which has 35 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in Wahkiakum County at 35°F and the average July high at 72°F, with about 82 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 7 degrees warmer than the average Washington county. In a wet climate the pad has to drain, so a rental kitchen is placed on firm, graded ground with a dry route for deliveries.

Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.

Who rents a mobile kitchen near Cathlamet? Mostly school districts, municipal agencies, manufacturers and nursing homes, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Ilwaco (about 1,112 residents) and Long Beach (about 1,761 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

CMS lists no hospital in Wahkiakum County; the nearest county with one is Clatsop County, about 23 miles away. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 2 public schools with about 412 students, in districts such as Wahkiakum School District.

• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
• Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: three-phase power at the plant matched to the equipment
• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: equipment failure in an older kitchen that cannot be repaired quickly

Census estimates put Cathlamet at 608 people in 2024, 227th of 238 Washington places covered here. The town spans roughly 0.5 square miles in Wahkiakum County. Wahkiakum County covers 263 square miles, and Cathlamet is the only place in it covered on this site. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 1,202 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Cathlamet sits about 62 miles from Olympia, the capital of Washington. Longview is the closest larger covered place, roughly 21 straight-line miles from Cathlamet.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

Moving the job to Napavine or Woodland changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.

• Food deliveries: plan where suppliers will unload so they do not block the trailer door.
• Approvals: the local health authority for Wahkiakum County decides what review a temporary kitchen needs, so ask first.
• Drainage: decide where wastewater goes, whether a sewer connection, a tank or scheduled pump-out.

See the site planning guides for power, water, wastewater and placement detail.

Facilities near Cathlamet often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Cathlamet, not driving distance.

• Longview, WA: about 21 miles from Cathlamet, about 38,294 residents
• Castle Rock, WA: about 23 miles from Cathlamet, about 2,445 residents
• Kelso, WA: about 25 miles from Cathlamet, about 12,737 residents
• Kalama, WA: about 29 miles from Cathlamet, about 3,131 residents
• Winlock, WA: about 30 miles from Cathlamet, about 2,515 residents
• Ilwaco, WA: about 32 miles from Cathlamet, about 1,112 residents

The nearest Washington counties to Cathlamet are Pacific County (31 miles), Cowlitz County (34 miles) and Clark County (53 miles).

• Pacific County: about 31 miles from Cathlamet, 25 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
• Cowlitz County: about 34 miles from Cathlamet, 21 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Clark County: about 53 miles from Cathlamet, 15 FEMA declarations since records began, 3 hospitals listed by CMS

For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Cathlamet, a job can add restroom trailer rentals or shower and restroom combination trailer rentals; the Standalone Restroom Trailer and the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.