Clackamette Park

I have never met a more rude campground host in my 13 years of traveling with my Airstream travel trailer. This man was looking for a fight, I would not give it to him but I did consider calling the police. I will never return to this park for any reason.

Nice little public park with RV hookups. Best price I could find to stop in the greater Portland area and not have to worry about getting ripped off by the tweakers that roam the streets in giant packs here. Decent view and walking distance to downtown Oregon City. I was very satisfied with my stay.

Ok… let me start by saying I understand this is a city park, but it does advertise itself as an RV PARK also.
With that said, it’s not too bad. You’re right on the river, pretty much where ever you park, and I’ve yet to see it full. There’s an attached park, with a skate park for those with kids/​grandkids and a short walk to a small strip mall, food, banks & even an immediate care clinic. Fishing is abundant and both Oregon City & Gladstone are just «up the road.»
Now, here are my gripes.
1) The «hosts» are very standoff-​ish.
2) They let you know upon arrival that the gate closes at 10pm… yes, you are locked in (or worse yet, OUT) at 10pm. You can park off-​site, but it’s a small walk on an unlit path that is VERY uneven and covered in goose crap.
3) There are no real facilities. No showers and the only bathroom (another long unlit walk across an uneven field covered in goose crap) is locked at dusk and opened again at 9am. 9AM!!! Oh, they say they open it at a much earlier hour (we’ve been told by both hosts anywhere from 5am to 9am)…but it’s a total crap shoot as to when you can get in. And, apparently, dusk has many definitions as I’ve found the bathroom locked as early as 6pm.
We call this our «last resort» place… and that means that Wal-​Mart is full.
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Great location. Some waterfront sites 14 day limit. $ 25.00 a night. Water & electric onsite. Dump station 75 yards away. Walk to local shopping, some take out fast food walking distance too. QUIET place ! RIVER FISHING 40′ from your rig. 4 stars only because of locked gate. They have a good reason for that. Keep some riff raft out of park at night. Very safe, quiet local spot.
Thank you to hosts !

For what it is and where it is, Clackamette Park gets 4 stars. One can live in the area for years and could conceivably not even know this park is here.
The park is right next to, but down a ways in terms of elevation, from busy McLoughlin Boulevard. That damn McDonald’s at the signal may be blocking your view of it. The listing shows an Oregon City address because it is on the south side of the smaller Clackamas River as it flows into the northward flowing Willamette River. This then implies that being on the north bank of the Clackamas River puts someone in «Happy Rock.»
This park has a nice shoreline and stands of trees, typical park amenities, lots of parking (including parking for cars with trailers), a place to put in your boat, a place to fish, a place to feed the ducks, or just a place to park your car and take a look around.
I wonder how they came up with the name Clackamette. It sounds like a fusion of Native American and French. The Clackamas Indians occupied this region prior to statehood and the Clackamas Territory is acutally on both Oregonian and Washingtonian soil. The addition of «ette» makes it sound Frenchy, which is cool. Now, could a Clackamette be a young deb in training who lives in nicer digs east of I-​205 and loves Clackamas Town Center? That sounds plausible. This would then mean that a Clackameister is one of those dudes in a lowered Honda Civic coupe with an oversized exhaust pipe, who blasts his music such that your car will vibrate if adjacent to you at a signal, who power lifts with his cronies, and who makes for a matched set with a Clackamette. The etymology of words and names is interesting, isn’t it?
I always thought Clackamette Park ran all the way down to that almost contiguous park with the southernmost boat ramp and the more direct view of the Willamette Falls in Oregon City. It doesn’t. That park is called Jon Storm Park. I’ll roll it into this review and consider it a subset of Clackamette Park, giving the whole «package deal» 4 stars. It’s nice to have outdoor spaces like this close to and almost tucked away from a never-​ending strand of suburban strip malls.

ATTACK OF THE BIRDS! Not really, but there are many and I wouldnt want to be there if someone didnt have bread to offer. It seems like its that type of park where someone is always feeding the ducks, birds, geese… waterfowl! Its a nice open park that leads right down to the water and when in season, a great place to fish. Not much to play with for the kids, however Im sure they would get a kick out of feeding the ducks etc. Our dog loved it and we did let him off a little to play in the water. Rocky in some areas towards the water, so be careful and of course with birds come their mess, so try and avoid stepping on their little bombs. It was windy that day and a little rainy, however as always step under one of the trees to get out of the rain. I would come back to let our dog play in the water and walk around for a nice stroll and beautiful view.

Great place to watch Salmon jumping as they migrate upstream in the fall. It gets pretty filled with trash due to fisherpeople, but other than that it is a very nice park.