Parks & Recreation

If you’re looking for a place to take your family to play or a spot for a good old-fashioned picnic, options abound in Albany. The City of Albany maintains 29 city parks; almost all parks offer picnic tables, and many offer covered picnic shelters.  There are 21 parks with kids’ playgrounds, plus a community skate park, disc golf courses, boat ramps, and sports fields.

During the summertime, you can rent a paddle boat and enjoy paddling around the lake at Waverly Park. The city’s first off-leash dog park is located at the north end of Timber-Linn Memorial Park.

Linn County maintains 22 county parks, from the Larwood Wayside in Scio, where you can picnic next to a covered bridge and a historic water wheel, to Waterloo County Park, where  you can picnic in the shade nearby the South Santiam River. Benton County maintains North Albany Park, just across the Willamette River in North Albany, where you can wander through woods and fields or eat under a covered picnic shelter.

Looking for picnic supplies? Loafers Station in downtown Albany sells a variety of sandwiches and deli salads available to go.

For More Information

Albany Visitors Association
300 SW 2nd/PO Box 965
Albany, OR 97321
www.albanyvisitors.com
541-928-0911
800-526-2256

Albany Parks & Recreation
333 Broadalbin SW, Albany, OR 97321
www.cityofalbany.net
541-917-7777

Linn County Parks
3010 Ferry St SW Albany, OR 97321
www.linnparks.org/
541-967-3917

Cool! Pool
705 Railroad SE, Albany, OR 97321
www.cityofalbany.net
541-917-7777

Sweet Home Ranger District
3225 Hwy 20 Sweet Home, OR 97386
www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/newsandevents/events/sweethome/index.html

503-367-5168

Oregon State Parks
725 Summer Street NE, Suite C. Salem, OR 97301
www.oregonstateparks.org
503-986-0707 800-551-6949
RESERVATIONS: 800-452-4687

US Bureau of Land Management
503-375-5646

National Park Service NW Regional Office
206-470-4060

Road Conditions In Oregon
www.tripcheck.com
800-977-6368