Central Ferry Park, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned recreation area located along the Snake River near Pomeroy, Washington, recently earned a place on the list of the Top 100 Family Campgrounds in the United States.

The selection was made last month by ReserveAmerica - a leading recreation reservation and campground management service for thousands of campgrounds across the country. Central Ferry was nominated for the award by Northwest Land Management, a private company that operates the campground as well as Chief Timothy Park for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a commercial concession lease.

Almost 4,000 campgrounds were reviewed before the final list of 100 was determined. The selection process was based on “family friendly” criteria such as educational programs, visitor centers, campground amenities, and natural beauty and scenery.

Central Ferry has long been a popular destination in Eastern Washington. Located on an unusually level property for the Snake River canyon, the park features a long freshwater shoreline and two protected bays, a swimming area, shower facilities, launch ramp with a marine pump-out, picnic facilities, full hook-up campground, RV dump station and a concession building.

In 2007, visitation at Central Ferry Park was 26,200.