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Maud Williamson State Recreation Site, Wheatland, OR

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Sports & Outdoors

Maud Williamson State Recreation Site

A small Oregon state park in the Willamette Valley with second-growth Douglas fir woods, a historic farmhouse, and a reservable picnic shelter.

Wheatland, OR

About Maud Williamson State Recreation Site

This state recreation site sits on flat land beside cultivated Willamette Valley farmland, along the Salem-Dayton highway. Its trees are mainly second-growth Douglas fir, and the park is known for early-spring wildflowers, including abundant trilliums. Visitors can also see a historic farmhouse once lived in by the woman who donated the land, and a covered picnic shelter that groups can reserve. The park sits within a Yamhill County quarantine zone for ash, olive, and white fringe tree materials, so firewood must stay in the county where it was collected.

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