The classic summer place, Dabney has been a popular cooling-off swimming and picnic spot for over 50 years. It's easy to see why when you visit. The lower, older part of the park at the west end features an asphalt trail leading down to a classic swimming hole. Large picnic tables and electric cooking stations are on hand and fill up quickly on hot days. The newer parts of the park feature a covered, reservable picnic shelter and trails winding through tall bamboo, horsetail, cottonwoods and alders.
Check out the new disc golf course, made possible through a partnership with the Oregon Disc Sports Association.
You'll find a boat ramp near the swimming area. It's open to boaters year-round.
No pets are permitted on park grounds. Alcohol is not allowed in those sections downstream of the main portion of the park, below the Stark Street Bridge.
Vital stats
Reservable picnic shelter and 18-hole disc golf course. $3 daily day-use fee or buy a 12-month permit for $25, or a 24-month permit for $40. These 1- and 2-year permits are good at all state park day-use areas. Call 1-800-551-6949 for information or visit www.oregonstateparks.org.
Park rates (subject to rate changes; winter, emergency or other closures):
October 1 to April 30 (Discovery Season)
Daily day use: $3
Yearly day use: $25
May 1 to September 30
Daily day use: $3
Yearly day use: $25
Services
- Group shelter
- Reservable group shelter
- Picnicking
- Wildlife watching
- Bird watching
- Boating
- Boat ramp
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Beach access
- Walking trail
- Hiking trail
- Athletics
- Forest
- Wetland
- Waterways
- Rock formations
- Beach
- Year-round
- Restrooms
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