Packwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in easternmost Lewis County, Washington, in the United States.

[6] Packwood and James Longmire were tasked by the Washington Territorial Legislature to chart a low pass over the Cascade Range, this necessitated by the deaths of several delegates in their journey to the first legislative session.

The Johnson Creek Bridge, located on the main arterial of White Pass Scenic Byway, collapsed.

[10][11] The community was inundated again during a November 2006 flood necessitating evacuations of hundreds of people from the High Valley area after a dike broke.

1165, a rustic cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[20] The Packwood Ballpark, under the oversight of the Lewis County Public Utility District, hosts a baseball field and open areas.

[3] Packwood and the surrounding Big Bottom voting district are recognized as being majority Republican and conservative, though less so in comparison to other rural areas within Lewis County.

At the presidential level, the two Packwood area precincts show a 5%-12% lower vote share for the Republican than Lewis County as a whole, with the Packwood precinct in the 2012 US Presidential election tied at 77 votes each between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, despite Lewis county-wide going 60% to Romney, the Republican.

The original schoolhouse was replaced in 1938 with a brick structure that housed an auditorium and in 1953, the Packwood boys' basketball team won the state championship.

As of October 2024, Lewis County Transit's Brown Line provides two round-trip weekday routes to and from Centralia-Chehalis, including connections to Amtrak and Greyhound.

The program will stretch from the White Pass Ski Area to Chehalis and is run in partnership with Lewis County PUD, Twin Transit, state government agencies, and local community efforts.