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Parks

Parks & Viewing​

The Port of Toledo has built several public park facilities along Depot Slough and the Yaquina River.  We invite you to enjoy these areas responsibly, and remind you to pick up after yourself, as well as your pets. The parks are for day use only and are closed dusk to dawn per Port of Toledo Ordinance #92-1.

People and a dog on a pathway with industrial smokestacks emitting smoke in the background.

Depot Slough Path

N.W. A Street and NW 1 Street, Toledo, Oregon 97391 ​Depot Slough Path connects the Port’s Marina and Transient Dock to the pavilion and Waterfront Park, and provides an accessible path along Depot Slough to the City’s path at NW 1st Street. The path was completed in December of 2017, with construction funded through a State Parks Local Government Grant. The Angell Job Corps masonry crew, provided the labor to install over 55,000 concrete pavers to create the path. The path features benches, metal sculptures created by artist Sam Briseno, and interpretive signs.

A gazebo by a lake with a dock, surrounded by trees under a clear sky.

Paddle Park

Yaquina Bay Road, Toledo, Oregon 97391 The Paddle Park is a great place for kayakers, canoeists, families, and wildlife enthusiasts to spend the day. It is located at mile marker 10 on North Bay Road, adjacent to a 25-acre protected wetlands area on the Yaquina River, also owned by the Port of Toledo. This day-use park and launch area, funded by the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, offers a park setting with a gazebo, picnic table, restrooms, wildlife viewing & interpretive signage, as well as a dock and pier for non-motorized boat launching and day use. Lumber milled from the nearly 100 year old piles pulled from Depot Slough is used in the pier, fencing, and the picnic gazebo. Local metal sculpture artist Sam Briseno created the heron-in-flight wind vane atop the gazebo.

A serene river scene with a pier, trees, and clear sky.

Viewing Platform

385 NW 1st Street, Oregon 97391 (near Port Complex) The public is invited to enjoy the Port of Toledo’s Public Viewing Platform which is located on Depot Slough. The platform can also be accessed by the walking path that leads from the Marina to the Port office building. Visitors will enjoy an excellent southern view of Georgia-Pacific at work, as well as an eastern view of the Port Marina on Depot Slough. In the spring and summer, bring your binoculars to watch the osprey which return each year to nest nearby. River otter as well as wandering Harbor Seals may also be seen.