This is a great, little, out of the way park. It sits about 30 minutes away from both Moses Lake and Ellensburg, and only has limited supplies at the local store and two gas stations, so get your supplies before you arrive. The entrance off Huntzinger Road is more of a U-turn than a sharp left, but the park roads are in good shape (except for a rough patch around space 29). The only issue I had staying here was dealing with the wind. It BLEW!! Our first day it was nice and calm, but started to pick up about 10pm. By 4am I was awakened by the slamming of our awning into it's supports as 50mph gusts tried to toss our 35ft rig on to its drivers side! After fighting with the retraction motor (on our automatic awning) between the gusts, I finally got it stored (with minimum damage). Our tent (that my daughter decided to use since it was warm) held up well as long as she and our two German Shepherds were inside. But as the wind picked back up the next day, it pulled the 3 windward stakes out of the ground and rolled over. That was just before a 4" thick, 15' long limb broke off the top of one tree and missed our neighbors 5th wheel by 6 inches in the constant 20mph gale. So, be aware of the wind, stay clear of the taller trees in it and RETRACT YOUR AWNING AFTER 3PM. With full hook-ups, my wife and I never used the campgrounds facilities, but my daughter did, and she reported that they were clean and in good repair, if a little dated in their look. Other than the wind, this is a great place to relax! There is no over the air TV signals, mainly due to the terrain, but there are good satellite sight lines at most spaces on the lower loop. My Verizon aircard had 4-bar coverage & my wife had a surprising 5-bars on TMobile. Both my daughter and I had only 2 bars on Sprint, but never lost signal. The boat launch has easy access, and we saw several Class A & C rigs putting ski-boats in the Columbia. It was also used by the Kittatas County Sheriff to put in their boat to assist a family who ran aground after their engine failed. Sheriff Deputies drove through at regular intervals, probably due to Parks Departments staffing cuts. There was a young coyote that came through our side of the park for a few minutes one evening (when the holiday weekend visitors had all left) - poor thing looked confused and headed back into the scrub after five minutes. The host mentioned that he had seen a herd of 25 Dall's Sheep in the gulley to the north of the park, and a Ranger told me that deer walk through occasionally as well. But, he added, it was rare to see critters when that wind was blowing. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Most sites are large and spacious and have the picnic table and grass. We stayed here last year and the campground was great. But management has changed over the year. The washrooms and showers were terrible. Not well cleaned at all. The ladies shower in the lower sites had frogs in it. They never swept out the lower washrooms, so they could not have been cleaned in the 2 days we were there. The upper washrooms and showers were good. We would not stay here again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

Very nice small State Park. Apparently they have a dated infrastructure as we were requested not to run our microwave and to be judicious with other power use. Very spacious sites and well maintained grounds. They have a really nice boat launch. Biggest problem typical of the Columbia River is that it was VERY windy. Couldn't be outside of the rig after about 4pm. Wind blew until about 2 or 3 am. We camped here in a Motorhome.

This park was spotless and over all a great place! As stated, it can get breezy since being along the Columbia River. I'll be back! We camped here in a Motorhome.

Very nice state park AWAY from it ALL! Well manicured landscaping. We had spot 38 for our 42 ft rig. The pull-throughs all seem to be on a curve, making parking a little challenging to park at first. Beautiful views of the Columbia River from most sites. There is also a public park with beach as part of this park. Though I'm not a boater, the boat launch appears to be very roomy! One word of caution here...IT GETS VERY WINDY! Tent campers my find it challenging! We camped here in a Motorhome.

As with most state parks this one is beautiful. Although not on the water it does have a great view of Wanapum lake from the 10 or so sites located on that side of the park. A walking trail provides access to a grassy and shaded picnic/swimming area and the park does have a nice 2 lane boat launch with two docks. Although the state web site states there is a $7 charge to use the launch we could find no evidence of a pay station and watched as several boaters came and went without fees. Perhaps things are different in the busier summer months. After Labor day the sites are first come first get, no reservations are possible. We noticed the campground getting full every day so you had better plan to get there early. The inner back in sites are generally very wide and the one we chose easily accommodated our 37' motorhome with our bass boat and car parked along side. Only negative was that there was an over abundance of small gnats or flies coming from all the grass which made being outside miserable, I would hope that they could lay down something in the grass to take care of these pests. We loved the park however and will return in the future. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We had a spectacular view of the Columbia River. We arrived late in the morning. It was a beautiful warm day. After we setup camp, we headed down to the beach where our two young girls happily played in the water, and made sand castles, while my wife and I relaxed on the sand. We returned to our site in the late afternoon. Then the wind picked up and never ever let up for the next 3 days. I think this particular site catches the wind unlike the other ones. I thought OK, it has to calm down eventually, but after 3 days of enduring sustained winds we gave up and left a day sooner than we planned. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

This place seems to get better and better. Peaceful, well-groomed, large, full hookup sites, gorgeous view of the Columbia River. Yes, it gets windy--sometimes very windy--but mornings are usually calm. I didn't take a waterfront pull-through for $31 but they are well worth it. Since I wasn't towing my toad, I picked a back-in site and left the pull-throughs for those who needed them. I still had a nice view of the river. Certainly will stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

This a great peaceful park. Well looked after.Can be a little windy a times. Everytime we go there we end up staying another day. The only down part it is very busy and unless you have a reservation ( especially on weekends) you will never get in during the summer and fall months. We camped here in a Motorhome.

After coming from a very stressful Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I stopped here for some peace and tranquility. It was perfect, only four RV's including mine, were in the park. No problem getting a river view! The road to the park is 3 miles off Interstate 90 and is a bit of a lonely road through a bunch of sagebrush. Then, at the park entrance, you have a very sharp left turn, less than a full 90 degree angle. In wintertime, only one loop (the loop that overlooks the Columbia River) is open. Each site is paved and quite spacious and includes a large grassy area with a great picnic table and fire ring. Also, each site has full hookups, to include sewer! However, in wintertime, the water is shut off (the water faucets are removed). You can obtain fresh water at the entrance to the RV loop. The pull-through spots are on the outer edge of the loop and are all shaped in the "arc" shape, but it's a wide arc, with plenty of room for a toad. I highly recommend Spot #21, it's on a corner, with a wide view of the river. Not all pull-through sites have a river view. The back-ins are on the inside of the loop. Restrooms were very clean, the best I have seen at a state park. Showers were 50 cents for three minutes. TV reception is very spotty on analog channels, you will be lucky to get five stations via antenna. Forget about getting the High Def channels. I don't know how satellites would work here. I'm sure this park is quite busy in the summer, but if it's winter and you are traveling on Interstate 90, this is a very serene place to stop for a night and get your sanity back! We camped here in a Motorhome.

A very nice campground with large sites. Be sure to reserve a site if you are going during peak season. It is great for boating. We had a site with a wonderful water view. Three miles from I90, so was nice and quiet. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

Wonderful staff, great park Warden, grass was lovingly cared for, had wind one day only, rest of the time was hot and sunny. Sites are immaculate and it was very quiet- no trains, no freeway noise. Booked three nights, stayed five, will definitely put it on our list of top 5 state parks We camped here in a Motorhome.

Very nice campground. We had a pull through site with a really nice view of the river. We only had plans to stay one night and were glad to have made that decision. It's so windy here that you couldn't really do anything. Apparently it's always that way. Although we loved the park we would not stay here again because of the relentless wind. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

This is the best state park we've visited yet in Washington. There is a lot of room between sites (maybe 40-60'), a good amount of trees for shade and every site has full hook-ups. There is plenty of room to maneuver and even the back-in sites are easy to get into. Most sites are fairly level and I didn't see any that would be too hard to level your rig in. The views are amazing and if you have a choice, site 10 seems to be the best. The day-use portion of the park is a short walk from the camp sites, so you're not bothered by people driving to and from the beach. The bathrooms are also very clean and well maintained. The boat launch area looked nice and well maintained, with plenty of vehicle and trailer parking. The drawbacks to the location are few, but significant. This is rattlesnake territory, and there are signs all over warning people of the snakes. This area also frequently has high winds, which we experienced our first night. It blew pretty hard for 3-4 hours and then stopped for the rest of the weekend (which I was told was unusual). There isn't a lot of common space, so folks looking for space to throw a ball or Frisbee will find themselves walking into other's camp sites (unless they're down at the day-use side). There are also no playgrounds or play sets for kids. If you want to bring your boat, there are no docks so you'll have to trailer it each evening. The camp hosts (who were very nice) also said the park is used by people going to concerts at The Gorge during the warmer months, so the park can turn into party central on those nights. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.

Beautiful campground with great hiking paths and easy access to the river. Lots of grass and very clean. I would imagine it's very busy during the summer. We loved this park. We camped here in a Motorhome.

I've camped here a few times and it is one of my favorite WA state park campgrounds. Fantastic view of the Columbia River, beautiful large sites, great park layout, nice day use area. Very quiet and peaceful if the wind is not blowing. The wind is about the only drawback about staying here. It will blow, just hope not too much during your stay. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

Excellent park. We happened to be here during the heat wave of July. Everyone was using air conditioners and electrical failures were happening throughout the day. We understand that the heat was exceptional. If we are back in the area, we will definitely visit this park again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Very nicely kept up state park on the Columbia River. Would have been a much nicer stay if the wind hadn't have been gusting up to 50 mph the nite we were there. There are a number of recreational things to do there and most of them have to do with the river: swimming, boating, wind-surfing, etc... There are several restaurants in Vantage, two miles north on the freeway. This is also part of the Ginko Petrified Forest preserve, which is a wonderful historic site. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

Maybe in 2003 it was a good park (per the one previous review), but as of 2009, it's rather run down. It's full of perms and mobile homes. The rate I am showing is the rate with taxes. I paid cash, I do not know if credit cards are accepted. The former KOA buildings are still there (with laundry and indoor pool), but it doesn't appear that they are used. (Maybe in the summer, but they were not being used in March, when I was there.) You check in to the park at a grocery store next door. The park is terraced, and it appears they leave the top terrace for the over nighters. However, there were lots of open places in the lower terraces. I would have preferred to be there, less exposure to the wind (I stopped here to get out of the horrible winds that sometimes go through this area in the spring, making it hard to drive). Plus, I got here on a Sunday and nothing is open, to include the grocery store where you check in. However, if you ring the doorbell, someone will check you in. The laundry room in the old KOA building had a sign saying "open daily [specified hours]" but the door was locked. Although there are many very tall trees here for shade, the trees didn't help with the wind! Also, good luck finding the sewer connection, it's buried in the grass somewhere. I had to run my hand through the grass to find it. Although I said "no" to wireless being available, I did detect a couple of "unsecured" wireless hookups with limited signal, but I don't think they belonged to the park. If you have a Verizon air card, it will work off and on. At these prices, it is cheaper than a very nice state park three miles away. I would use this place only for a very desperate and cheap overnight. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Nice place. Former KOA and still needs some work. Tried two campsites before I found one that the dump wasn't broken. Kind of noisy, but that's because Vantage is a popular place on the Columbia River to camp. Stayed one night and will probably stay here again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.