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Hood Park, Washington

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Just off of I90 in Washington, near the town of Burbank, is a US Army Corps of Engineers park called Hood Park. Hood Park is located on the shores of Lake Wallula and the Snake River which flows into the Columbia River.

Fun fact: Lewis and Clark camped near here where the Snake River flows into the Columbia River. You can visit this location which is now Sacajawea State Park.

What does Hood Park have to offer?

Hood Park is a picture perfect park like setting with sprawling shade trees and lush green grass. Even though it is a larger campground with 67 campsites, each site is spacious with plenty of room between sites. All sites provide a view of the water. The park has electric hook-ups but you will need to use your on board water. There are many water faucets around the campground to fill jugs and you can fill your tank with fresh water at the dump station.

Things to do:

Boating Swimming Fishing Bike Trail nearby! We enjoyed kayaking these waters.

Kayak sitting on the shore of the Columbia River
On the shores of the Columbia River, where Lewis and Clark once camped.

Dog Walking Report: Park roads and walking trails around fishing ponds provide ample room to walk dogs.

What about phone service?

Verizon works great at Hood Park. We only use Verizon, but according to Trip Wizard reviews, T Mobile, Sprint, and ATT also work here.

Where have we been? Where are we going?

We are gradually making our way from Oregon back to Florida. You can check out our trip to Oregon from Florida on our channel playlist, Full Time RV Life- Campgrounds from Florida to Oregon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwigIQJQWqc&list=PLm8lskmqAcnMNY1zzxKNXYHmIgpLbeQAR

Our last stop was LePage Park in Oregon. https://ruffroadrvlife.com/oregon-camping-lepage-park/

We enjoyed five days at Hood Park before hitting the road and heading to Idaho. After a peek at Idaho, we are on to Montana, and South Dakota. Our route will then take a dive south. Stay tuned for more reviews, full time RV life tips, and adventures.

About Us:

Our names are Gary and Sharon. We live and travel full time in our RV, Ruff Road, with our two half husky sisters, Terra and Luna. We share lessons learned, places we’ve visited, and provide videos and pictures of campgrounds in our Ruff Road Reviews. Subscribe to follow the journey. You can follow us on our You Tube channel, Facebook and Instagram.

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LePage Park, Oregon

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Peaceful little campground just off of I84 in Oregon.

We left the lush coast of Oregon and headed east. Thus began our slow trek towards Florida. However, we had one more stay in Oregon, not the lush rainforest environment we’d enjoyed the past couple of weeks, but the high desert environment that has its own majestic beauty. We found a peaceful stay at LePage Park, an Army Corps of Engineers park, right off of I84.

How to Get to LePage Park- From the Oregon Coast

First, the route to get there from the coastal area was beautiful! We left the coast and drove towards Portland then on to I84 which runs along the Columbia River Gorge. Here’s where I wished I could wing it, because this is an interesting area to explore. We filed this away for future trips.

Heads up: This route can have some strong wind gusts but we did fine even though it was windy that day already.

LePage Park is right off of I84 on exit 114. The exit dumps you right into the park. That’s the only place you can go. When you leave the park, you follow the ramp to rejoin I84. Even though the park is right next to an interstate, the road noise was not bad. You might hear the rumbling from vehicles crossing the bridge or a train now and then from the tracks on the other side. None of this bothered us during our stay.

Campsites

The park is located on the John Day River which flows into the Columbia River on the other side of the bridge. There are only 22 electric and water sites with only one of those being first come, first serve. That spot was claimed for several days when we arrived. No worries, though, we had reservations. In addition, there are 20 primitive treed tent sites set on a lush grassy area. These filled up on the weekend, but the area was wide open during the week.

Things to Do

LePage Park offers a boat ramp, play ground, fishing, swimming area, and provides enough space to walk your dogs. We saw big horn sheep, a mink, and an eagle while there.

Phone Service

Heads Up: Verizon service did not work there. We could sometimes call out but the calls would drop without warning. If you head ten minutes back to the west, you’ll find a McDonalds in a Pilot with good wifi. Pilot offers wifi, as well. That’s where we headed when we needed wifi.

We Recommend this Park

All in all, we had a great stay at LePage Park. It’s a quiet, little peaceful park along I84 in Oregon. Next stop, Hood Park in Washington.

Lepage Park in Oregon

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