Facilities

• 2 shelters
• 9 barbecue grills
• 34 picnic tables
• 2 pieces of playground equipment
• 2 drinking fountains
• 5 restrooms
• 2.79 miles of gravel/dirt path - Trail map
• 220 parking spaces, plus 15 disabled parking stalls

Parking fees

Clark County charges parking fees year-round at Frenchman's Bar Regional Park. The daily parking fee is $5.

These are parking fees, not entrance fees. There is no charge for people who walk or bicycle into Frenchman's Bar Regional Park.

During the busy season, parking fees are collected from a fee booth and a parking meter. When the fee booths are not staffed, park users need to use the parking meter.

Both fee booths and self-pay stations accept cash, coin, debit cards, Visa and Mastercard. They do not accept checks, Discover or American Express cards.

Frequent park users can save money by purchasing annual parking passes, which are valid at the four regional parks charging parking fees: Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, Lewisville Regional Park, Salmon Creek Regional Park/Klineline Pond and Vancouver Lake Regional Park.

Annual parking passes cost $40. Go to the parking fees webpage for information on how to purchase annual parking passes or click here to purchase a parking pass online.

Under Clark County Code, parking a vehicle without paying the required daily fee or displaying a valid parking pass could result in a $40 fine.

Clark County Code, 9.05.260 Parking

Picnic shelters

Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park has two reservable picnic shelters.

The Langsdorf shelter can seat 50 people and rents for $85 a day. The shelter has six picnic tables and garbage cans.

The Riverview shelter can seat 100 people and rents for $160 a day. One-half of the shelter can be rented for $80 a day. Each half of the Riverview shelter has six picnic tables, a charcoal barbecue grill, a sink with cold running water, a prep surface, electrical outlets and garbage cans.

• Frenchman’s Bar shelters (PDF)

Other portions of the park may be available for weddings and other events with an approved special use permit. Air-inflated “bounce houses” are allowed with approved special use permits, but dunk tanks are not.

Shelter reservations and special use permits

Swimming

Swimming is not recommended at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park because of steep drop-offs and swift currents in the Columbia River. There are no lifeguards at the park. Park users swim at their own risk. 

Volleyball

Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park has eight sand volleyball courts. Nets are typically up between May 15 and Sept. 15. The sand courts can be reserved by the day for a fee. When they are not reserved, the courts are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations for the courts can be made by calling the Parks and Lands office at 564.397.2285.

Online reservations

Hours

7 am to dusk

Related information

• Clark County park rules
• Report a maintenance concern