Cook Family Park

79-acre park with boat ramp, floating dock, paddlecraft rental (summer), picnic areas, playground, Tualatin River Greenway Trail, and butterfly garden.

Cook Family Park is named in honor of John E. Cook who was instrumental in the park being established, and his son, John E. Cook, who also served as Tualatin mayor.

Site News

Tigard plans to develop a new fully accessible walkway and dock with adaptive hardware and low freeboard design for ease of access at an area downriver of the existing dock. The goal is to improve the site so that paddlecraft enthusiasts with physical impairments can more easily access the river. Funding is being sought and the project could be completed as early as 2027.

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Parking

40 paved parking spots

River Access:

River Mile 9.8

150 feet from the parking lot to the bottom of the concrete boat ramp. There is also a separate floating wood dock with a wood gangway.

Launch Video

Nearest Water Gauge

Upriver:

Jurgen’s Park (River Mile 10.6)
0.8 miles (30 minutes paddling time)

Downriver:

Tualatin Community Park (River Mile 8.9)
0.9 miles (30 minutes paddling time)
There is a short section of river .5 miles downriver (15 minutes paddling time) which is shallow and fast at low summer river levels making it difficult to paddle back upriver. Pay attention when in this area.