Yakima Sportsman State Park, State park with camping facilities in Yakima County, United States.
Yakima Sportsman State Park covers 266 acres (108 ha) of Yakima River floodplain on the east side of the city of Yakima, in Yakima County, Washington. The grounds hold deciduous trees, wetlands and ponds within irrigated green space, an oasis of green in an otherwise desert region.
The Yakima Valley Sportsman's Association developed the area in the early 1940s for game management before transferring it to state ownership in 1945.
The Juan A. Alvarez Outdoor Living Classroom allows visitors to explore wetlands from an observation pier while walking on accessible nature trails.
The park offers 30 tent spaces, 37 utility spaces, restrooms, showers, and picnic shelters for visitors. A Discover Pass is required for vehicle entry.
The park's ponds and river floodplain draw more than 140 bird species, a fact birders note more than the small clay-pigeon fragments still turned up in the grass, left from the grounds' earlier use as a shooting area.
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