Spillway Park - Chinook Shelter (OR)

SPILLWAY PARK - CHINOOK SHELTER (OR)
SPILLWAY PARK - CHINOOK SHELTER (OR)
SPILLWAY PARK - CHINOOK SHELTER (OR)
SPILLWAY PARK - CHINOOK SHELTER (OR)
SPILLWAY PARK - CHINOOK SHELTER (OR)

Featured amenities

Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms

About Spillway Park - Chinook Shelter (OR)

Spillway Park is located on Lake Umatilla just downstream of McNary Lock and Dam in eastern Oregon on the Mid-Columbia River.

Activities & Attractions

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Boating

Boating

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Fishing

Fishing

Year-round

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

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Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Pet friendly Pet friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Restrooms
Cooking and Fire

Cooking and Fire

  • Picnic Table
  • Grill
  • BBQ
Water Access

Water Access

  • Lake Access
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
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Reviews

7 reviews

Summary

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Spillway Park - Chinook Shelter is a pleasant spot for relaxation, barbecuing, and enjoying activities like Frisbee and kite flying, despite some tree coverage. It offers scenic views of the dam, has bathrooms, and features trails and picnic tables that welcome dogs. While it lacks a playground, it's favored for jogging around the ponds.

Based on guest feedback

4.3

Overall rating

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sarah horn

sarah horn

September 17, 2025 Google Maps

Nice little park for relaxing or maybe having a barbecue. Could play Frisbee or maybe even fly a kite but there are quite a few trees. Great view of the Damned and has bathrooms. The downfall is no playground

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Greg Brown

Greg Brown

August 3, 2025 Google Maps

Nice quiet park with trails and picnic tables. Dogs are welcome.

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Juan Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

June 2, 2025 Google Maps

Always enjoy this place for jogging. Nice to jog around the ponds

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D E W Adventures

D E W Adventures

August 31, 2023 Google Maps

Stopped by for a picnic while on an adventure to the Stone henge replica for the August 2023 full super blue moon. It's a beautiful park with lots of trees and shade and picnic tables.. could use a few more bathrooms though.. powerful display of water coming out of the spillway..

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A. O.

A. O.

September 1, 2022 Google Maps

We were driving thru the area and saw the dam sign saying they were open to the public so obviously we had to go check it out..put... unfortunately we decided to take some pictures of the sign by the road and there were a lot of wasps... which meant we got stung a few times... either way we braved it and headed down hill to Spillway Park... saw 2 deer about 40-50yds from the parking lot area under the towers... also saw some fish heading upstream on the fish window area... overall nice place for a picnic and some pictures unfortunately we kept expecting more wasps so didn't really enjoyed it that much...

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Patty F

September 5, 2021

The area we rented was not clean spiders all over covered picnic area, we had to clear them out.

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Janice W

December 19, 2019

The park was beautiful and the entire park including the restrooms where clean great place

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Location & Directions for Spillway Park - Chinook Shelter (OR)

Po Box 1230, Umatilla, OR 97882 United States

Elevation: 91 ft

Nearest town

Umatilla, OR - 2.8 mi

About 7 min to downtown

Policies & Rules

General

  • Park is open during daylight hours.
  • No vehicles on the grass for any reason.
  • Pets must be restrained at all times.
  • No glass containers allowed in park.

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Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Population: 7,508

Nearby city: Kennewick, WA

Approx. 21 mi away (straight-line distance)

Elevation: 322 ft

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