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 30 city parks; almost all parks offer picnic tables, and many offer covered picnic shelters. There are 24 parks with playgrounds, plus a community skate park, disc golf courses, boat ramps, and sports fields.
During the summertime, you can enjoy paddling around the lake at Waverly Park. An off-leash dog park is located at the north end of Timber-Linn Memorial Park. Linn County maintains 52 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, and Grazing Oregon has charcuteries packed up for your adventure.
For More Information
Albany Parks & Recreation and the Cool! Pool
US Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington
National Park Service NW Regional Office
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