Plymouth Park Campground — Hotel in Hermiston

Review of Plymouth Park Campground in Plymouth, WA, just south of Kennewick, Washington/North of Umatilla, Oregon off Hwy 395/Hwy 14. Nice, basic campground. Most sites are pull thru with electric and water. Some sites have sewer hookup and there is a 2 sided dumpstation available. There are a few back in sites as well. Sites are very spacious side to side and are very deep. Not much sight line privacy, but spread out enough. Bathroom facilities with shower stall located in the center of the campground, so not super convenient if tent camping or using the group tent area. Older bathroom faculty but decently clean. There's also a coin op washer dryer and very small book library. We stayed in site 28 and it was nice, 50/30amp and water only. All sites have a aggregate concrete pad that the pinic table sits on and a firepit. Lots of tees and grass, although some sites have limited shade. There is a playground and group bbq shelter. Day use area would be good hike from campground area, so you'll want to plan on driving if you want to access boat launch or swimming area. Day use swimming area looks nice and there are bbqs and pinic benches. Life vests to borrow at boat launch area. Again, there is NOT access to the river or day use from the campground. They don't sell ice or wood at the campground, so Umatilla is about a 6 min drive from the campground. The town of Plymouth doesn't have any services. You can see trains going by,but the tracks are far enough away that you only hear a faint rumble. Overall a great stay (despite the rain/wind). We would return for short camping trip since it's close to home. Reservations available via...

Great gate people. Very friendly. Very nice place. Well kept. Very open and spacious campgrounds. They keep the front half of the lot much greener than the back lot. I wish they had 2 port-a-potties towards the ends of the campground. That's a long walk in the middle of the night if you have to use the restroom. A lot of season campers go here (Not a party scene, look elsewhere for that). Don't hear any traffic from the bridge. Barely hear the train at night from afar. I would have given 5 stars if it wasn't for our 2nd night stay. At midnight, We woke up to 3 sprinklers spraying our tent for 30 minutes! I was super pissed, because we had been up since 4am earlier for a big event. We needed our rest. We had to wait all day to have our stuff dry out before we could pack up and go home. The staff just gave us a sheet of paper for the inconvenience. They wouldn't refund us, or pay for our stuff to be dried in their dryers. I'm just glad this happened in the summer time. Because all our stuff was nearly dry by noon. This place is really great for Rv's... but not as great for tents. Double check with the staff before going to bed if you do camp with a tent...

This park is really chill. It's very different from Hood Park, that despite being ~65 minutes away by car through Tri-Cities, (or maybe 30 by boat) it feels like it's run by an entirely different group with very different rules. Clean water at the hookups. The loop I was in was 1 flat plain with a few trees scattered across it, giving some shade. Full trees along the Columbia side, and a beautiful open view up the Horse Hills to the north. Fewer families than other ACOE parks, but cleaner bathrooms with higher-quality TP.

Gate isn't closed at night (which can lead to odd situations - my 2nd night there, used the toilet when someone was parked in front of them, he was looking through maps. In the toilet, someone was in the shower not showering - got to my tent before they drove off, and in the morning the shower was full of clothing tags - as though someone had new clothes to wear just after crossing State lines, like a criminal getaway into a no-pursuit State or something.)

Rangers were very friendly. They liked...