Dabney State Recreation Area

Wheelchair accessible beach on the Sandy River!
Follow the road, staying to the right, down the hill until you reach a roundabout and park in one of the 2 accessible parking spots. The boat ramp is relatively gentle.
Note, while there is a paved path through a lot of this park, most of it is old and tree roots have done a number on it. A few sections (up to the bathroom and upper parking lot) are dangerously steep.
Bathroom is clean and accessible. So many picnic tables and beautiful places to sit and look out, though all of these involve going through some lumpy grass areas.

Flush toilets, frisbee course and decent fishing areas. If you're looking for rocks there is a lot of sugar agates around. Nice park to visit.

Launched from here for tubing with friends. Got there early, around 8am on a summer weekend and there was plenty of parking. You do need to pay for parking so be aware of that. And also, when we were done tubing around 2pm it is VERY busy and people were circling for parking so make sure to get there early if you can for parking.

Restrooms were clean and the launch point was nice and easy. Will tube here again for sure. :) Our end point was Lewis and Clark and we floated for about 4 hours in early August.

This is a really nice park to enjoy. Sitting on the banks of the Sandy River, you can hike around and get some alone time, picnic, or play disc golf. I’ve played here at least once before, but today I dropped in just to play 9. It’s a very challenging course for me and I played lackadaisically as I was alone. It has very nice signage, tee pads, and baskets. There are many water hazards so I should have worn my Keen sandals instead of my hiking boots. There were plenty of ripe apples and blackberries. I was surprised how much water was still flowing in the feeder streams. On hole 9, I lost my disc, then found four other strays before returning to the original side of the creek to see my disc suspended in the briars. So overall, I found about $60 worth of new discs to use. I only saw about 10 other folks out and even a few cats from Tennessee. I had fun. Thank you and good night!

Beautiful park. Great place to put in your tube and float the river.
I went from here to Glen Otto Park, a distance of about four miles and about a three hour journey.
If you don’t want to float or if the water is too swift and cold, you can picnic, walk the many trails or, play a game of disc golf.
The rangers patrol the park on a regular basis so be on your best behavior.
Park can get quite busy during the summer so arrive early.
A $5 day use fee is required for this park.