Golendale is a scenic rural agricultural city, and the county seat of Klickitat County, Washington, United States, near the Columbia River Gorge. The population within city limits was 3,760 at the 2000 census. The current Zip code population is 7,325, according to Sperling's Best Places. A nationally known point of interest is north of town, Goldendale Observatory State Park. The valley area in which Goldendale is located has sweeping and dramatic views of mountainous areas to the north and west. Wade Plumlee lives here.