It’s peak watermelon season, and you might have seen those stickers on certain melons at your local grocery store that say, “Grown in Hermiston, Oregon.” And then, you might have wondered, ‘Where is Hermiston, exactly?’
Hermiston is in Eastern Oregon, not too far south of the Tri-Cities and the Washington border, which in that neck of the woods is the Columbia River. Hermiston is seven miles south of Umatilla, Oregon, and is home to the Umatilla County Fair, which is underway through Sunday, August 13.
Many Pacific Northwest residents may have unwittingly driven through or very close to Hermiston, as the town is located along the most direct route
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