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Why visit Hermiston
Townapedia lists 17 parks and trails, 14 places to eat, 11 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Hermiston Cinema and Hermiston Butte.
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 93°F; December lows average 28°F.
Weather in Hermiston
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About Hermiston
Hermiston () is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Its population of 20,322 makes it the largest city in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston is the largest and fastest-growing city in the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area, the eighth largest Core Based Statistical Area in Oregon with a combined population of 92,261 at the 2020 census. Hermiston sits near the junction of I-82 and I-84, and is 7 miles (11 km) south of the Columbia River, the Washington state line, Lake Wallula, and the McNary Dam.
From the Wikipedia article Hermiston, Oregon (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Parks, trails and playgrounds17
5 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes14
Dutch Bros. Coffee
Cafe · Coffee Shop · 2.1 mi
660 North First Street, Hermiston
Mo-Th 04:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 04:00-24:00; Su 04:00-23:00
Neighbor Dudes
Bar and pub · 0.8 mi
405 North 1st Street, Hermiston
Nelly's Super Tacos
Restaurant · Mexican
755 Umatilla-Stanfield Highway, Hermiston
2 more on the map.
Where to stay11
Holiday Inn Express & Suites;Holiday Inn Express & Suites Hermiston Downtown
Motel and hotel · 0.7 mi
245 North 1st Street, Hermiston
History
The historic inhabitants of the area were the indigenous Umatilla, Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Columbia Indians, descendants of peoples who lived in this area for thousands of years. The earliest European settlers established a mission near Pendleton in 1847. The territorial government organized Umatilla County in 1862 from the larger Wasco County.
Hermiston's early development was plagued by rivalry between The Maxwell Land & Irrigation Company and developers Skinner & Newport, who both fought to establish their own town of Hermiston in the exact same spot, centrally located in the irrigation district along the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's main line. While Maxwell was able to secure the train depot on the West side of the tracks, initially naming it after themselves, Skinner & Newport filed their own Hermiston plat directly across the tracks in November 1904, beating the Maxwell Company's filing by two days. With neither side willing to cede to the other, two separate business districts formed on either side of the tracks, Hermiston Avenue on the West side and East Main street (there is no West Main Street) on the East side, defiantly placed one block off so they didn't align. Each district featured its own bank, hotel and mercantile but East Main Street would eventually win out.
From the History section of Hermiston, Oregon on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship4
First United Methodist Church;Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church
Church · Methodist, Lutheran · 0.6 mi
191 East Gladys Avenue, Hermiston
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church
Church · Roman Catholic · 0.8 mi
565 West Hermiston Avenue, Hermiston
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church · Latter Day Saints · 0.5 mi
1035 South 9th Street, Hermiston
Shopping6
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries16
Healthcare3
Map of Hermiston
75 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Climate by month
Monthly table
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 29°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 49°F | 29°F | 0.9 in |
| Mar | 59°F | 34°F | 0.8 in |
| Apr | 67°F | 39°F | 0.8 in |
| May | 76°F | 46°F | 0.8 in |
| Jun | 82°F | 53°F | 0.6 in |
| Jul | 93°F | 59°F | 0.1 in |
| Aug | 91°F | 57°F | 0.2 in |
| Sep | 81°F | 48°F | 0.3 in |
| Oct | 66°F | 39°F | 0.8 in |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 1.1 in |
| Dec | 42°F | 28°F | 1.1 in |
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Hermiston Muni Ap (1 mi away), NOAA NCEI.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
Umatilla County has had 11 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for fires.
- 2026-08-09: Hagen Fire (Fire)
- 2026-07-16: Lower Dry Creek Fire (Fire)
- 2025-01-01: Wildfires (Fire)
- 2024-07-21: Battle Mountain Fire Complex (Fire)
- 2020-04-03: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (Flood)
- 2020-03-28: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Hermiston Municipal Airport (HES) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 1 miles away.
- Stanfield 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Umatilla 6 mi north, about 10 min by car
- Echo 7 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Irrigon 11 mi northwest, about 17 min by car
- Boardman 20 mi west, about 32 min by car
- Pendleton 25 mi southeast, about 40 min by car
- Kennewick 26 mi north, about 41 min by car
- Finley 26 mi northeast, about 42 min by car
- Pasco 31 mi north, about 50 min by car
- Richland 31 mi north, about 50 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Hermiston Butte, MIM1765, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Full moon and spica, Hermiston, Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hermiston (Unsplash), Benjamin Combs b3njamin, CC0
- Hodge Park Hermiston OR, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Snowed-in tree in Hermiston, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Railroad baggage cart at Hodge Park, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moon with foreground Christmas lights, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 395 Water Tower, MIM1765, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moon and power wires Oregon 2 Dec 2025, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moon through trees in Oregon 1 Dec 2025, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Display of pig lungs, Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Display of collision vehicle at high school, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Part of collision vehicle display at high school, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Collision vehicle display at high school, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A ventral view of dissected Emydidae, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nail bed after detachment from trauma with minimal bleeding, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Nail detachment after trauma with minimal bleeding, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Nail bed after nail detachment from trauma with minimal bleeding, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A blood smear with neutropenia in United States, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A young woman reading the scriptures, Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A blood smear of rainbow trout, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A blood smear showing red blood cells of turtle, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Sutera grandiflora pink flower, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Actinolote Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Actinolite from Oregon coast, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Travertine hot spring deposit, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- An actinolite from Oregon coast, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Barium sulfate, Baryte, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A stibnite stone, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A Barite stone, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A stibnite sample from Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stibnite, Antimony sulfide, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Baryte stone, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Blood draw by Limb Reduction Defect phlebotomist, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- LDS Christmas service chapel, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A western conifer seed bug in Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- A western conifer seed bug on grass in Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
- Grasshopper in northern Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Garden grasshopper in Oregon, Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lunch Counter, Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0
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