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."

Nice big park with a great little/big kid playground and a basketball court. Plenty of walking…read morespace and a field for playing soccer, frisbee, catch, or whatever. Great place to hang out for a morning or afternoon! Tip: over by the Willamette landing clubhouse are some great walking paths along the river.

LOVED this hike! There are a number of trail options if you'd like to hike the base of the hill on…read morea paved path, a gradual increase to get to the top, or a more rigorous climb with a steeper grade to make it to the top. Views from the top and landscape, whether walking around the base or climbing to the top are stunning. It felt like a fairytale. I highly recommend!

This is a really nice park with really great trails. There's even an off leash dog area where you…read morecan bring your dog and have a good time throwing a ball. There are a few trails here, one that goes through farm area and is well maintained and the other is a paved road. That's nice if you don't wanna get too muddy. The stream going through runs all year around and it's beautiful in the fall.

Cute riverfront on a rainy day. We noticed the large homeless camps on the south side of the…read moreriverfront along with trash. Seems there is no city immune to social issues and how to help citizens in need and simultaneously the trash and other items littered do degrade the public park for everyone. I'm sure when flowers are blooming it's a pretty place to be. It's unfortunate some people have passed the black wires to approach the river and litter. They have lots of places to sit and hang out enjoying the river which is nice along with statues and art.

A beautiful spot to take a stroll or just hang out and picnic, people watch, catch up with a…read morefriend, etc.

My dog and I didn't want to walk in your stinky park anyway! What fun is a park with no doggos?read more

My children played here for years--this park feels like home. From wonderful events like Fall…read moreFestival to DaVince Days to ordinary play dates in the playground, this is a beautiful, special park. You ever have the feeling that two simultaneous lives might suit you? That's how I feel about this park and about Corvallis in general. I love this peaceful town. This park embodies the beautiful and calm spirit of Corvallis. Alas, I only return here 3-4 times a year, but it's always satisfying. Turns out, you can go home again--it's just a little bittersweet.

I am so thankful there is a dog park by Oregon State for my dog to run around in! Most of the…read morefenced in area is covered in bark chips with a few exceptions of grass around the outer edges. There are plenty of benches for dog owners to sit on and a water spigot and water buckets and a kiddy pool for dogs to drink water and play in. Every time I have gone I've met lovely and responsible dog owners. I've never had any issues with aggressive or reactive dogs. The regulars at this dog park seem very friendly and nice. I wouldn't recommend bringing your dog here if it is pouring down rain outside. The park can get really muddy very quickly. On several occasions I've left with my dog covered in mud! But otherwise a really nice fenced area for dogs!

This is our 109th dog park. We travel for weeks at a time all over and need the dog to get out…read more I really like this park maybe because it could use a little help and I like fixing my dog parks. Two sections, but doesn't seem like "small" dog section gets used much Water Bags Trash Picnic tables and benches Lots of shade (it was 93 degrees today) Good parking Fenced with 6 foot black cyclone fencing Double gates I wish kiddie pools were not brought in. If you must get an aluminum hot water heater tray. That is all dogs need, any aged person can refresh the water, and they don't break when dogs stand on top of them. On top of it they have a hole to chain and lock the tray up. Easy! People don't refresh the pool water as there is too much to dump it, or it breaks the pool to dump it. Then dogs drink and stand in nasty water. If dogs get sick on anything in dog park it will be water!! When pools are flipped over then dogs stand on them and break them. Then there is nasty water underneath. Do us all a favor, if you fill pools dump them away from the area the pools sit in (there are buckets - water the poor trees, whatever) and then get some wood chips and soak extra water up with a bucket of wood chips. It took me 5 minutes to get three buckets of chips from around the edges where the chips are breaking the fences. Ask the city to put in a percolator pit of rocks that will drain easy. I ask Scott's Valley to do it and they did!! They probably have rocks already so then just send a city worker with a bobcat to dig the hole and it's pretty much done! I wish the side single gate had a lock on it. Want to go next door? Walk around. I don't want me dog being let out into the other section. What's the point of a separate section if someone lets my dog into other section? It's STANDARD protocol to lock single gates. I liked it here. It has lots going for it.