Lyle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States.

In 1866, French sold his holdings to James O. Lyle from The Dalles, Oregon, who moved to the north bank of the Columbia River.

[3] A post office was soon established with Lyle as one of the first postmasters, and with mail delivered by steamer from the opposite shore.

Corps of Engineers built the current airfield in 1942 as a World War II training facility.

Although Lyle is more than 70 miles (110 km) east of Portland/Vancouver, it is a bedroom community using freeway transportation on the Oregon side.

Dallesport and White Salmon are the locations of the closest road crossings of the Columbia River to the east and west, respectively.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lyle CDP has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.

[4] Behind the town, most of the land consists of hills leading to a large plateau that is commonly found in south-central Washington.