Best Camping for Kids Around the Mid Columbia
If you want to take small children camping you need a place with no snakes or bears, a manageable distance from deep water, comfortable tent sites, and a short drive. Here are 7 parks that fit the bill:
Remember, though, that a burn ban is in effect at state parks due to the drought.
- 1
Fish Hook Park
On the Snake River just up from Burbank. On the way to Ice Harbor Dam.
- 2
Hood Park
Next to Burbank, just on the other side of the Snake River from Pasco.
- 3
Charbonneau State Park
On the Snake River just up from Burbank, halfway between Hood River and Fish Hook State Parks.
- 4
Plymouth Park
Plymouth, Washington is just south of Kennewick across the river from Umatilla.
- 5
Outside of Naches, Washington
Naches is just north of Yakima. Stop and have a burger in Union Gap or Yakima and then drive into the beautiful Cascades just two hours from home.
- 6
Tucannon Campground
Outside of Dayton, Washington east of Pasco. Near Camp Wooten.
- 7
Lewis & Clark Trail State Park
Just outside Dayton, Washington along the Touchet River.