Driving Directions - includes links to MapQuest for printable maps
From Spokane:
Link to Mapquest and printable map
I-90 WEST to Ritzville
HWY 395 South (Exit 220 towards Pasco) - 30.3 miles
HWY 26 to Othello/Colfax - 20.4 miles
HWY 24 to Yakima and Mattawa - 17.5 miles
Stay on HWY 24 until you come to the stop sign (you will see the Hanford Nucular
Reservation on the left as you came down the hill. At the stop sign look left
and see the Vernita Bridge. Looking straight ahead you will see the Flats and
the River. This is where we set up camp/boat for the entire season )
Turn right toward Mattawa travel about - 3/4 to 1 mile- look for the public
fishing sign on your left , turn there and follow the gravel (sand and rock)
road back towards the campers.
Our boat will be a 24ft green guide alumaweld guide model with MidColumbiaRiver.com
on the side. The truck is a red ford F250.
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From Seattle:
Link to Mapquest and printable map
I-90 EAST towards Spokane
- about 130 miles
Merge onto HWY 26 EAST (Exit 137) Towards Othello/Pullman - 1 mile
Turn Right onto HWY 243 - 14.3 miles
Turn Left onto 24-SW Rd - 13.8 miles
Turn Left onto HWY 24 - 9 miles
Look for the Public Fishing Sign to your Right. It is about 1.5 miles before
the Vernita Bridge. Turn there and follow the gravel (sand, rock and bumpy)
towards the campers.
Stay right when the road Y's. Our boat will be a 24ft green guide alumaweld
guide model with MidColumbiaRiver.com on the side. The truck is a red ford F250.
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From Tri Cities:
Link to Mapquest and printable map
Hwy240 follow the signs
from tri cities to Vantage-roughly 45min drive from tri cities to the Vernita
Bridge.
Cross over the Vernita Bridge and travel about 1- 3/4 to 2 miles.
Look to your LEFT for the Public Fishing Sign. Turn there and follow the gravel
(sand, rock and bumpy) towards the Campers.
Stay right when the road Y's.
Our boat will be a 24ft green guide alumaweld guide model with MidColumbiaRiver.com
on the side. The truck is a red ford F250.