Great swimming . Small natural rock slide . Hike downriver for more choices to swim . Some more…read moresecluded. Lots of crawdads and colorful locals (nice loggers cooling off after work) BEAUTIFUL RIVER . Five miles outside Willamina . Be sure and take a look at a piece of history on the way . Historic red schoolhouse 2.5 miles outside Willamina .Been preserved nicely.

It's very pretty and peaceful. Nice walking trail around the pond in the back too. One of the few…read morethings I miss about Willamina.

It's very pretty and there's a nice walking trail that goes all the way around the pond. If you…read moreplay Pokémon Go there's 6 PokeStops at the pond and around the trail too. Lots of ducks, geese and a crane live there and it you're lucky you'll see a few otters. The trail has 2 benches and there's 2 fishing docks available. One of the docks has a safety fence around it. I included some scenery photos I've taken of the pond throughout the last few months.

It is close to home and Mary's River Runs Through It! There are some smallmouth bass and crawdads…read morein the river! Nice park nice trails and the Rose Garden! Lots of places for picnics and a playground for the kids! Great place to spend time with your family!

Highway 20? Not a whole lotta rest stops. Corvallis? Not so much either. But right off the freeway…read moreis Avery Park--an enormous grassy area with roses and fields and speed bumps...and a Honey Bucket. No. 1 jumps out of the car and runs for it. Nos. 2-7 meander out and into the humid park air. No. 1 returns, and No. 2 heads for the Bucket. Then No. 3. Nos. 4-7 stare at each other with icky faces, and when all have returned with Purelled hands, we stand in a circle next to one of the cars. Quiet. Awkward. We jump from face to face and then stare at our shoes. The other car, with its door open, and we listen to Stevie Nicks. A tan and perky lady walks by...she's inevitably going to share the germ-invested fate of 1-3. "How's the Honey Bucket?" she asks, and laughs. "Well," says No. 4, "it's always better with Fleetwood Mac."

It's best to get the hike in two hours before it's dark. In order to see the bridge and the…read morewaterfall. It's about an 1.5 hour hike . Also, it's a suspension bridge ; that means it sways back-and-forth as you're walking on it.

Quick and easy hike with a suspension bridge and waterfall…read more Definitely recommend if you're in the area!

This is one if the coolest free city parks ever! There are a few different areas of the playground…read morewith a really tall play structure for older kids, and small play structures for littlest kids. There's also a climbing wall, zip line kinda thing, and a really big sand lot with a volcano-kinda thing in the middle that is deceptively difficult to walk up because the sand makes it slippery! PLUS there's a splash pad water fountain wet area! That part is not open year round. I mean it's open, but the fountains aren't running in the winter. All this is surrounded by covered picnic tables, very large grassy areas, walking paths covered by trees. Car parking. Bicycle parking. Clean bathrooms. Friendly clientele. We entered from the east side of the park where there is pedestrian access. On the west side of the park near the vehicle entrance, there is a skate park! And 4 half basketball courts, plus a boulder, I guess for bouldering.

Great walking trials and friendly dogs! Some people do keep them off leash so if that's not for you…read morebe aware.

Awesome big park with Soccer fields, tons of trails, and a 3 story playground! My kids love it!read more

We stopped here on the way to go to a trail by Devil's Lake. The area, which was across the lake,…read morewas on fire so we stayed on the side of the lake and enjoyed the ducks. There is a nice playground for kids and in the ramada, some information about the ducks you can see on the lake. Some of the ducks were close to shore so we were able to see them up close. It was a nice spot to stop and with good information.

This place is giant!! Huge castle like wooden structure with tire swings, things to climb, etc…read more There is also an area up the hill with more modern play structures to spin on and swings. This playground will keep your kids busy for a while! The is a smaller parking lot that might get filled on warm summer days. Bathrooms are available in the parking lot.

6/21/25 The hike was over grown bush. We were ducking very…read morelow to not get hit in the face. When we got to the end you could hear the falls but could not see them at all. A little disappointed but you can't stop Mother Nature. The trees and bush have block the view entirely. The stream that runs along the path you can see in spots. The road up is narrow and lots of pot holes. If the hike was 2 miles or so I would do but not 1/4 mile. Maybe next time

So, right before the parking lot, we took a wrong turn at the fork (do NOT go left- follow the…read moresigns for 'Oregon State Park' ). After about 3min of rough going, we figured out that no tire tracks mean we took the wrong fork in the road. FYI- there's no internet when you get off the main road. When we got to the right place, parking was super easy, and even though it was rainy and soggy and no one was around, we took all our stuff out of the car anyway. There were reports that people's cars were broken into, so yeah- took everything. The water fall is like, an easy 1/4 mile up through some lush greenery. The path is, maybe kinda paved, but not smooth. Incline is rather minimal. The waterfall at the end is pretty cool. Not loads of water, but you're really close to the river the whole way up. It was a relaxing walk, and entirely pretty and pleasant. It's worth a look if you have an extra 30-45min., maybe if you're going out to the Tillamook creamery or just headed up or down the coast.

Small pretty park with a gazebo right in the downtown if this cute little town . Nice gazebo and…read morestairs that lead to the river. Great place to cool down and let the kids catch crawdads

A semi-interesting spot. There's not a lot to see but if you walk the trail, you'll learn a bit…read moreabout this very short-lived fort (ten years in operation). Some info but not enough about the local Native Americans. Except for one building that has been moved from it's historic location, none of the original structures still exist. So bring your imagination when you visit.

This a nice little park very near the intersection of Highways 18 and 22. Usually we take 18 when…read moreheading to Lincoln City but decided to take an alternative route this time, and came across this park. What is interesting is that along the drive, there is also a Native American Powwow grounds along with a longhouse constructed in a similar fashion to what existed hundreds of years ago. It is worth stopping at along the way to the state park itself. We mainly stopped here to use the restroom and let our puppy out for a walk, and were pleasantly surprised by how peaceful this spot was. There was only one other car in the parking lot, and a few people just stopping to use the restroom just like us. Not much remains of this site, but several markers and archaeological digs show where buildings and sites used to be. When times are more functional (i.e. not Covid) I hear that there are events and tours of one of the buildings that actually remains and hosts a museum; unfortunately it was closed when we were there. A good road-trip stop worth going out of the way for if you are driving to the coast and want an alternative route to the often-congested Highway 18.