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3.18out of 5 stars
(11) Reviews
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NCC1701
Reviews: 53
Helpful Reviews: 41
Date of Stay: August, 2021
I review every place I stay and this one is difficult. Others have complained about the fences and gates, but it was apparent the fences were for animals and the gate just makes sense. I didn't appreciate being forced to park my RV on the outside of the gate and exit, walk to the other side of the gate where staff was standing looking at me, and then go through all the questions I answered during my reservation booking. It was late afternoon, bright sunlight, people around, and I am locked outside with a reservation until permitted to enter. It's not my property or my rules so OK, but it was not even remotely welcoming. I feel like the lady who checked me in was a school teacher in former life and was talking down to me. There was even a moment where my attention lapsed and had to be reigned in. The good: The park is very nice. Trees, grass, well defined level gravel sites, good hook ups, quiet neighbors. Did not use any other facilities. So the question is do you ignore the uncomfortable check in process and enjoy the rather nice stay? Up to you.
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Robb McKay
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
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Appeal Rating Truly the worst experience I've ever had in an RV stay. Tragic, as this could be a great location.
The fenced in prison-like atmosphere is horrible.
The sites are incredibly in level and the groundskeeper was described by the manager as being in a state of dementia.
After being led like a child to our site, while others waited and waited, our site was immediately flooded with sprinklers. Thus, making it impossible to level my trailer and was told my son couldn't ride his bike.
Later, as my site was being flooded by yet another sprinkler, I made the groundskeeper upset by parking behind my trailer. This was met by a pitchfork driven in behind my truck with an obscene amount of cones around my vehicle and atop the pitchfork.
The manager knocked on my door and agreed that it was outrageous.
We left the next morning as soon as possible.
Choose another place to stay. Cle Ellum has a great place at Whispering Pines where the hosts are extremely kind and gracious.
Good Sam should be embarrassed to have their name on Yakima River RV Park. Definitely mismanaged and not family friendly.
Would never stay there again.
Would have given a zero rating if possible.
The owner needs to clean house to fulfill its potential.
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A response from Yakima River RV Park
11/3/2020 7:21:12 PM
My sincerest apologies for the way you were greeted and treated. You were "escorted" to your site like all campers in order to help you get into your site with ease, and to show you where the sewer, electrical, and water connections are, and the proper use of, because some campers are either first timers, or are unfamiliar with the health department requirements for sewer connections. The check-in is such that we know who is in the park and whether they belong. The gate also keeps off-the-road late arrivals from showing up at 2:00am and disturbing our sleeping guests, and the fence keeps the bulls in the pasture and out of the campground.
I also am sorry about the sprinklers. I try not to inconvenience our customers, but the green grass is that way for a reason, and parking on it during the hot weather is extremely hard on it. So, yes, I should have asked you nicely to not park on the grass, but after a day of hard work to keep the park looking nice, I indeed had a bad moment, and I do apologize. I also want to thank you for not leaving right away, and staying for your whole two-day reservation.
I would like to add that we have never asked anyone not to ride bicycles in the park, but only not to ride through the RV spaces, and to keep it on the road and watch out for traffic.
Again, I apologize for my actions and will try not to lose my cool in the future.
Happy Campers1965
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: April, 2020
What A Gem!
We really enjoyed this park! It's immaculate very green and peaceful, a great place to camp and relax. Well maintained, spacious sites are reasonably priced. This park appeals to self-contained RVs, there are no restrooms/showers. There are some nice tent sites and porta-potties. The staff is friendly and happy to go above and beyond to help campers. The entry is gated and we were escorted directly to our site which was a nice touch. It's obvious that lots of time and care go into this park! Keep up the good work!! Also Ellensburg is only a few miles away and is a delightful town worth a look. Highly recommend this park!
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PSMance
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: August, 2019
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating No and Hell No!! First of all... It's like getting into and out of Fort Knox. Gates and codes, this park is out in a farming area?? $40 a night without sewer, and they don't even have public bathrooms or showers. All they provide is one of those blue pota-potty. Avoid this place at all costs!!
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A response from Yakima River RV Park
9/7/2019 11:39:45 PM
We apologize for your less than enjoyable stay at the Yakima River RV Park.
The gate was installed to keep unreserved and/or late arrivals from entering the park at all hours of the night and waking our guests. We are sorry for the "codes", but without them the gate is rather useless.
The price is actually $35 plus tax, unless there are extra people at $5 each. We do have limited full hookup sites at $42 with a two day minimum.
I am sorry that we do not have all the comforts of home, but then again, we are a camp ground. We are in a flood plain, and are not permitted for rest rooms(neither public or for guests), showers, laundry, or the expansive septic system which would be required. to accommodate all the liquid waste that would be generated. We are designed for self-contained RV's, but do supply porta-potties(2+) as a convenience to those who would rather not use their own facilities, and to the few tenters that we reserve for.
The Shrigleys
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Well maintained campground with decent space between the sites but definitely not a family friendly or pet friendly park. Whatever you do you do not want to do it on their grass. They are very proud of it even if it is no better than any other campground we have been to. When they watered it one evening it cut off the water completely to our site. Pets are not allowed to relieve themselves anywhere but in the pet areas that are surrounded by a chained link fence with barbed wire. No disposal areas or seating in the pet areas either. Some of the camp hosts are friendly but not all should be working with the public. I have never felt the need to leave a bad review before but thought I should this time because we felt so unwelcome in this park. Maintaining a park is great but if your guests feel unwelcome what is the point?
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A response from Yakima River RV Park
8/8/2019 1:40:14 PM
We apologize for your inconveniences. We do our best to have a clean and pleasing park for all our guests. It is very difficult to keep the grass green because we only get nine inches of moisture per year including winter snow, and pet circles can be a real problem. We strongly urge our guests to walk their dogs on the roads, and not allow them into other peoples rv spaces, as we know there are times after walking a bit they just need to go, and not all people are forgiving when someone lets their dog relieve themselves in their space. We also need to water in order to keep the grass green, so if you were inconvenienced, I apologize.
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Courage
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: August, 2018
Very comfortable. Enjoyed the fact you could walk to the Yakima River and enjoy everything it has to offer. One of the few RV parks I've found with real grass at every site. The staff was very friendly. This is the only real RV Park near Ellensburg. All the others are run down. Everything here seems to be fully updated and new condition. The park was very quiet and peaceful. The 10pm curfew is perfect. Really enjoyed the since of security that was added by the locked entrance gate that only allowed registered guest entry...it just gave us a since that this was a safe environment. Truly look forward to visiting this park again. Best fishing along the Yakima River that you can find.
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A response from Yakima River RV Park
8/23/2018 5:16:33 PM
Thank you for staying in our park. We are glad that you had an enjoyable time, and hope to see you again.
TravelingTribe
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating We were `greeted' at the gate by an older man who was incredibly rude and YELLING at us for stopping where HE HAD TOLD US to stop. His manner did not improve until my husband went into the'office'. (I guess he just didn't want to be talking to a WOMAN)
Our space was down wind of the horse stables. Someone was weed-trimming at 6 am. (Quiet time is from 10 pm to 8 am)
The `bathrooms' ARE PORT-A-JOHNS strapped together on a trailer!!!!!
There are NO SHOWERS OR LAUNDRY FACILITY.
The provided `grills' are rusty tire rims with grill grates on them.
There is very low water pressure.
The reason I gave it two stars was because there were nice grass patches by each site and some mature trees toward the front.
Conclusion- it may LOOK nice, BUT DON'T BE FOOLED!
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A response from Yakima River RV Park
8/15/2018 6:01:37 PM
We are sorry that you had such an unpleasant stay in our park. But, just to clear up a few misconceptions about our facility, we do not have a horse stable, although we do have a fenced area for those that travel with them. It is regularly mowed and kept in a sanitary condition although it is only used a couple of times a year.
Neither our staff or myself are up at 6 AM. much less working. We strictly enforce our quiet times for the enjoyment of our guests and generally perform no work before 9:00.
Because we are in a flood plane, we are not permitted for showers and restrooms, however we do have portable toilets which are cleaned regularly, and are placed ON THE GROUND for ease of access of all our customers.
We do not have grills, but we do have fire pits which are indeed truck rims.
I apologize for the low water pressure you experienced, but our system is set to between 40 and 50 psi, so if you were using a pressure reducer, it also reduces the flow.
Again, I am sorry for your bad experience, and hope the rest of your trip is a pleasant one.
rpc0340
Reviews: 11
Helpful Reviews: 10
Date of Stay: September, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating This is a nice campground that appears to be in development. Sites are nice and roomy, good interior gravel roads and gravel sites. Lots of green grass. As noted by others, this place is well away from the highway so it is quiet except for the train which is about 3/4 of a mile away. It is only about 2 /12 miles from town. There is no restroom or shower but they had two portable toilets. I would definitely stay here for a few days again.
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TWeir
Reviews: 38
Helpful Reviews: 31
pasture land turned into a campground. No sewer hookups, No office, so I think the host stays in an rv on site. Wouldn't stay here again.
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sonnysgirl
Reviews: 2
Helpful Reviews: 2
This park is located on a farm and when we were there, they were adding new sites. The park was very clean with great views of the mountains in the evening. We didn't have sewer hookups but that wasn't a problem because we were only there 2 nites. I would recommend this park for an overnight stay. The camp hosts were very helpful and we will be staying here again!
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SerendipRV
Reviews: 11
Helpful Reviews: 11
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