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**Yakima River RV Park!** Your Gateway to the Yakima River Canyon Corridor. We are located in Ellensburg in the heart of beautiful Washington State! This area boasts some of the best fly-fishing for Rainbow Trout, along with unlimited possibilities for outdoor recreation. Besides fly-fishing, river rafting, hiking, biking, horseback riding, wildlife photography, bird watching and water sports, the main attraction to Ellensburg is the warm weather and sunshine. Ellensburg has a full range of art galleries, restaurants, wineries, breweries and is home to the Kittitas County Barn Quilt self-guided tour. Bring your family and pet. Vacation in your recreation vehicle. Camp in this quiet, peaceful RV Park in the country, away from freeway noise. Wake up hearing the birds singing and watch the fantastic sunsets in the evening. Yakima River RV Park is a beautiful campground, just minutes south of Ellensburg, on the majestic Yakima River!
The RV sites are spacious and pull-through with 30 and 50 amp power, with beautiful lush grass for tent sites. Check-in hours are between 1:00 p.m. and dark. Reservations may be made ahead.
I-90 (exit 109): Go S on Canyon Rd 2 mi, then W on Ringer loop Rd for 1/2 mi, then turn W into Park.
Nice, clean, relatively quiet park.
Stayed here several times. Each time it's more obvious the park has outgrown the owners management ability. It appears it's not fun anymore for them.
Couple examples:
1) Confirmed reservations for 4 sites next one another 11½ months ago. Had to contact the owner (extremely rude attending employee suggestion) to get 4 spaces relatively close together. (Don't be concerned to contact the owner, she's used to it). No apology for rude employee... One that made reservation no longer worked here....
2) We have a pet friendly site. Walking our Aussie Bella, we stopped to visit a neighbor. After a couple of employees had stopped over a couple days to visit and share a story. Next day (visiting again) owner paused while driving by and said, pets have to stay in pet friendly site. Asked if we move our chair a few feet to gravel, nope!
Apparently employees weren't trained on this either.
Follow up,
Example#3 is in owners reply.
Employees.... we get what we get. Wow that's a motivator and why do any training, they are what they are.
Hopefully Retirement #2 will set better.
Thank you for your reply.
We have never stayed here before but will definitely be back! Super clean, very secure with a locked gate entrance and very helpful staff! Thanks to Cathy & Randy for being so helpful! My granddaughter loved finding the little Ferry’s that had a inspirational message attached, and the painted rocks. Your 9 minutes from downtown Ellensburg and surrounded by mountains and it’s so quiet and restful. The Wi-Fi is not very strong and there is a train that makes some noise every now and then but I think it adds to the romance of the campground if you want rest you want to relax and feel safe this is the place.
Nice park. Some shade. It's at the end of a road, with a field of bulls next to it. Seemed quiet, did hear a few train whistles. We only stayed one night so had a sight with no sewer, however they do have sights with sewer. No cable, and WiFi was non existent. Check in was easy and lady was very nice. Easy off the highway. We stayed here with plenty of room in a pull thru sight in our 40ft fifth wheel.
The Yakima River RV Park is our 106th stop and stayed overnight. Just 2 miles off the highway (so no road noise) but as other reviewers have pointed out, right next to a field with bulls. We were in the first row away from the fields so no issues for us. Like many rv parks, there is a train near the park; however, they do not blow their horns in this area. This small park with 35 rv sites plus 9 other tent/dry sites. It is a gated park and require that you are checked in by 6 pm which I fully appreciate given the numerous rude travelers coming in at 2 am with their diesel running and slamming doors that we have experienced. The park host was very nice when we saw her. The park is very clean and well-maintained. The site itself was much longer than our 38 foot rig and vehicle with a level gravel surface. If you are self-contained (showers, toilets), then you are good as they only have porta potties on site. If you have dogs, they are restricted to certain areas. But in terms of value for the cost paid, a bit higher than similar parks. Connectivity: Park WiFi 11.7 down/7.66 up; Verizon 26.2 down/6.44 up; T-Mobile 2.98 down/0.02 up.
Other reviews seem a bit out of line, or by people that expect a more catered and upscale experience provided by larger, corporate owned RV resorts. Our experience with the owners and staff was extremely accommodating. We spoke to them on the phone prior to arriving and explained that we would be arriving late because we would be arriving from a wildfire camp (we are firefighters) that could not accommodate our trailer. The owner was friendly, and even made an exception to allow a third dog. We arrived after 9 pm and were met at the gate. Even if they were understandably annoyed at our late arrival we were still greeted with a smile and were escorted to our site. We are full-time in our rig and have found that every park we have been to has it’s own unique set of guidelines, and policies; being flexible is the key to unstressed travel, and communicating with your hosts goes a very long way to having your expectations met. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not reading the fine print regardless of how you found the park is your problem not the RV parks. This park is in a beautiful area, well maintained, and reasonably priced. Staff was helpful, and courteous, and even refunded several days because we left early for another fire. We will certainly come back and absolutely recommend this park!! Thank you for allowing us to stay and helping us out in a pinch!!
