Having a strong emotional bond to one’s environment (known as “place attachment”) can help offset many of the negative mental and social health outcomes that may follow disasters and other environmental disruptions. By understanding how a community’s physical assets (e.g., places, spaces, and structures in the built and natural environments) can contribute to place attachment, we can improve a community’s ability to plan for and recover from disasters. However, a community’s youth population may view community assets differently than adults, and youth are historically excluded from planning processes. This project explores assets important to youth in a small, tsunami-exposed city on the Washington coast. It innovates on a widely used participatory research technique called photovoice (in which participants capture and discuss images of their community to answer research questions) by having youth use drones instead of traditional cameras. Our findings demonstrate that aerial drone photography provides geographic and spatial context to support discussions of important assets. Participants reportedly develop place attachment through assets that contribute to the local economy, community culture, and social cohesion. These findings suggest that a similar drone-based photovoice process could support future community asset mapping and disaster planning efforts.