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)

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Spillway Park offers a relaxing environment for barbecues, Frisbee, and kite flying, with great views of the dam and available bathrooms. It features quiet trails and picnic tables, making it suitable for jogging and dog walking. However, the park lacks a playground for children.

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4.6

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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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Location & Directions for Spillway Park – Chinook Shelter (or)

PO Box 1230, Umatilla, OR United States

Elevation: 79 ft

Nearest town

Umatilla, OR - 2.8 mi

About 7 min to downtown

Highway access

The campground is a short drive from Interstate 84. U.S. Route 30 is a short drive away.

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Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Population: 7,508

Nearby city: Kennewick, WA

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Elevation: 322 ft

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