Parks

Our Mission

Yamhill County Parks are unique natural, cultural, and historic places to be managed, preserved, and restored for people to enjoy outdoor recreation and educational activities. Yamhill County Parks include 17 parks located in rural settings throughout the county that together provide for a variety of recreational activities.

Based upon data last compiled by the Oregon Parks & Recreation Department in 2019, Yamhill County owns 17 developed and undeveloped park properties for a total of 253 acres.  Thus, Yamhill County ranks 8th in the state in terms of the largest number of park properties it owns and also ranks 19th in Oregon in the total acreage of its park properties.  In addition, based upon the 2022 census, Yamhill County ranks 26th of 36 Oregon counties in terms of park acreage owned per county resident.

Notices

Unless recreational areas for Yamhill County are closed or prohibited for use, all of Yamhill County's improved and unimproved park and recreation areas are authorized for recreational use only. Recreational areas explicitly closed or prohibited for use are not authorized for any use.

Yamhill County will close recreational areas under the following circumstances: 

1.    Lack of Maintenance Resources; or

2.    Acts of nature cause conditions that render the area unsafe.

Yamhill County Parks will not be offering park reservations this season. All picnic shelters are on a first come first serve basis. No posting of names or reserved signs on shelters the day before or day of intended use. Special events may be considered on a case-by-case basis, contact our office to discuss your event. 

Yamhill County Park System Plan

Events

PAWSITIVELY ELECTRIC 

A DOG FEST FUNDRAISER FOR ED GRENFELL PARK

🐾 A Huge Thank You to Our Top Dog Sponsors! 🐾
 We are incredibly grateful to our Top Dog Sponsors whose generous support made this year’s Dog Fest possible. Your commitment made it possible to create a fun, safe, and welcoming event that raised over $10,000—helping us reach our fundraising goal for much-needed improvements to Ed Grenfell Park!    Thanks to you, families enjoyed a day filled with laughter, wagging tails, and community spirit. We couldn’t do it without your partnership—thank you for helping us make Dog Fest a pawsitive success! 

Top Dog Sponsor - $500 

Summer Parks Quest 

Summer Parks Quest will not be offered this year as the program is being evaluated. Thanks to those that Participated in 2024!

Developed Parks

The developed park properties provide day-use facilities for a variety of activities. These activities include picnicking, boating, bird watching, small events and gatherings, fishing, hiking, outdoor education, and much more.

See Artist Britt Blocks collection "A Year in Grenfell Park" on the Ed Grenfell page.

Boating, Fishing, River Access

• Dayton Landing
• Ediger Landing
• Rogers Landing

Picnic/Day Use Parks with Reservable Areas

• Crabtree Park - Note: Lease to and managed by Chehalem Parks and Recreation District
• Ed Grenfell
• Lafayette Locks Historical Park

To make a reservation at Ed Grenfell Park, Lafayette Locks Park, or Charles Metsker Park, please call Yamhill County Public Works at 503-434-7515.

Small Picnic/Day Use Parks

• Blackwell
• Huber
• Menefee
• Stuart Grenfell Wayside Park

Parks with Large Natural Areas and Outdoor Education/Research Areas

• Charles Metsker (Rainbow Lake) - Note: Use is by Special Permit Only
• Deer Creek Prairie Park

Undeveloped Park Properties, Natural Areas, and Waysides (Please note that these properties are not open to the public.)

• Juliette
• Monroe Landing
• Powerhouse
• Whiteson
• Wrex Cruse