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Willamette Mission State Park, Salem, OR

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Willamette Mission State Park

A 1,300-acre state park on the site of an 1834 Methodist mission, with trails, lakes, and river access north of Salem.

Salem, OR

About Willamette Mission State Park

This Oregon state park covers about 1,300 acres of woods, wetlands, meadows, and working farmland. It sits on the grounds of the Willamette Mission, a Methodist settlement founded in 1834 that a flood destroyed in 1861. Visitors can hike or ride horses on roughly 15 miles of trails, fish in Mission and Goose lakes, launch boats or kayaks on the Willamette River, and play an 18-hole disc golf course. The park is also home to a very large black cottonwood tree near Mission Lake. Picnic shelters and campsites are available, though some facilities have seasonal limits.

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