We arrived on the Tuesday before Memorial Day, thinking it would be best to find a spot to stay through the weekend. Fortunately the COE allots 40% of sites for first-come/first-served folks like us. We had a number of sites to choose from, deciding on site 3.
Date of visit: May 2008
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For the second half of stay at Hood Park, we decided to move to site 6, a little closer to the river. At first I pulled frontwards into the back-in site so the door would be facing the river, but I was quickly asked to back-in, "for safety reasons."
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From our new home, we had a great view of activity on the river, such as this small container barge and tug heading downstream.
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Right across the river from us was a fairly busy oil transfer facility, with lots of barge traffic, double-bottom tanker trucks, and an occasional train.
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Site 7 in the left foreground. During the week one has to contend with sprinklers; fortunately the staff places them so occupied sites stay dry.
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Site 16 on the left, 17 and 18 on the right. As you can see, the campground has lots of well-maintained grass and shade trees.
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Site 28 is a nice shaded site overlooking a small pond.
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There are quite a few pull-through sites, such as 39 and 41 shown here.
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Sites 63 and 65 are also nice river-front sites.
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The bathhouse is located in the middle of the campground and has free hot showers. The only drawback we saw was that the showers did not have private dressing areas.
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Being a popular spot close to town, Hood Park often fills the campground. Thus it offers an over-flow area with no hookups.
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The day-use area and the swimming beach are located adjacent to the campground.
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There's a boat launch facility in the park. The bridge in the background carries WA-12 across the Snake River into Pasco.
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Now this must be the ultimate camper's grill!
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Every evening we enjoyed colorful sunsets.
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Amenities
Dump station available
Verizon Broadband Access service
Rates: $18-$20 (50% off with Golden Age Pass)
$8 for overflow
69 sites with E(30A) Water fill station is available
Coord: 46.212428 N, 119.012976 W
Activities/Nearby Attractions
Ice Harbor Dam and Lock
Boating and fishing
Pacific Salmon Visitor Center (McNary Dam)
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology
Franklin County Historical Museum
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