Blue Lake Regional Park improvements | Metro
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Blue Lake Regional Park improvements | Metro
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Overview
Project status:
In progress
Start date:
May 27, 2021
Estimated completion date:
May 31, 2029
Nestled south of the Columbia River in Fairview, Blue Lake Regional Park provides 185 acres of family-friendly fun centered around its namesake: a natural lake fed by underground springs. Visitors can swim, fish and picnic along the lakeshore, as well as enjoy the natural discovery garden and disc golf course.
Just like a historic home, a beloved park needs care and improvements to continue meeting people’s needs. In 2019, voters approved a new parks and nature bond measure, which includes funding to care for and improve existing Metro parks. Metro is putting those funds to work to keep Blue Lake fun, safe, healthy and relevant for future generations.
This page is where Metro is documenting its work to renovate Blue Lake Regional Park. It is also where we will share opportunities to provide your ideas and opinions.
For general park visitor information, visit the
Blue Lake Regional Park webpage
.
Stay updated
Sign up for emails about improvements at Blue Lake Regional Park and opportunities to provide input.
Project documents
Blue Lake Regional Park: three design options
PDF
13.71 MB
Aug. 8, 2024
Blue Lake Regional Park: existing park map
PDF
1.69 MB
Aug. 8, 2024
Background
The Blue Lake Regional Park renovation plan will be guided by insights and input from community members. In fact, the push to renovate the park came from the clear call by community members for Metro to ensure our most beloved parks were ready to welcome future generations.
Over the last several years, Metro has heard from community members about your priorities for parks and natural areas, including Blue Lake Regional Park. We’ve heard that:
Parks are welcoming places when they are safe, well maintained and accessible to elders and children.
Racial equity is important. People want authentic opportunities to influence Metro’s decisions about the parks they visit.
People want places to hold community events and eat together throughout the year — even when it's cold and rainy.
Metro should protect clean water for people, fish and wildlife.
Access to water is a priority — people want to fish, paddle or play in our region’s lakes and streams, or just be near water.
People want to feel connected to the land and rivers of our region.
Easy-to-understand signs and information help people get to where they want to go and enjoy their time at parks.
Now Metro needs your help taking these priorities and applying them to Blue Lake Regional Park. Throughout 2023 and 2024, Metro is asking for community members to weigh in on plans and designs for the park.
The Blue Lake Regional Park renovation plan will focus on improving accessibility for all ages and abilities, better pathways and signs in the park, and upgrades for the most popular activities and well-loved areas in the park.
The renovation of Blue Lake Regional Park will take several years to complete. Metro's approach is to first move quickly with projects that improve infrastructure and operations.
While you and other community members share your ideas, work is being completed on nuts-and-bolts projects. Metro has replaced water lines, removed unsafe buildings and amenities, updated maintenance facilities, and renovated the fishing pier. These projects are setting the stage for community-guided improvements.
Timeline
Community members will help guide the renovations at Blue Lake Regional Park. The entire planning process will take about two years, wrapping up in 2025. From there, the park design that community members have shaped will be handed over to construction team who will begin building the new structures and amenities in a phased approach.
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Whether you want serious exercise or a lazy day on the water, a kid-friendly romp or a grownup picnic, find it at Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview.
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Learn how Metro and the Port of Portland are cleaning up the land at Willamette Cove and weigh in on the design of the future nature park.
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Chinese cemetery memorial at Lone Fir Garden
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Contact
Olena Turula
she, her, hers
Principal Regional Planner
[email protected]
503-813-7542
Skip to main content
Page sections
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between sections.
Overview
Project status:
In progress
Start date:
May 27, 2021
Estimated completion date:
May 31, 2029
Nestled south of the Columbia River in Fairview, Blue Lake Regional Park provides 185 acres of family-friendly fun centered around its namesake: a natural lake fed by underground springs. Visitors can swim, fish and picnic along the lakeshore, as well as enjoy the natural discovery garden and disc golf course.
Just like a historic home, a beloved park needs care and improvements to continue meeting people’s needs. In 2019, voters approved a new parks and nature bond measure, which includes funding to care for and improve existing Metro parks. Metro is putting those funds to work to keep Blue Lake fun, safe, healthy and relevant for future generations.
This page is where Metro is documenting its work to renovate Blue Lake Regional Park. It is also where we will share opportunities to provide your ideas and opinions.
For general park visitor information, visit the
Blue Lake Regional Park webpage
.
Stay updated
Sign up for emails about improvements at Blue Lake Regional Park and opportunities to provide input.
Project documents
Blue Lake Regional Park: three design options
13.71 MB
Aug. 8, 2024
Blue Lake Regional Park: existing park map
1.69 MB
Aug. 8, 2024
Background
The Blue Lake Regional Park renovation plan will be guided by insights and input from community members. In fact, the push to renovate the park came from the clear call by community members for Metro to ensure our most beloved parks were ready to welcome future generations.
Over the last several years, Metro has heard from community members about your priorities for parks and natural areas, including Blue Lake Regional Park. We’ve heard that:
Parks are welcoming places when they are safe, well maintained and accessible to elders and children.
Racial equity is important. People want authentic opportunities to influence Metro’s decisions about the parks they visit.
People want places to hold community events and eat together throughout the year — even when it's cold and rainy.
Metro should protect clean water for people, fish and wildlife.
Access to water is a priority — people want to fish, paddle or play in our region’s lakes and streams, or just be near water.
People want to feel connected to the land and rivers of our region.
Easy-to-understand signs and information help people get to where they want to go and enjoy their time at parks.
Now Metro needs your help taking these priorities and applying them to Blue Lake Regional Park. Throughout 2023 and 2024, Metro is asking for community members to weigh in on plans and designs for the park.
The Blue Lake Regional Park renovation plan will focus on improving accessibility for all ages and abilities, better pathways and signs in the park, and upgrades for the most popular activities and well-loved areas in the park.
The renovation of Blue Lake Regional Park will take several years to complete. Metro's approach is to first move quickly with projects that improve infrastructure and operations.
While you and other community members share your ideas, work is being completed on nuts-and-bolts projects. Metro has replaced water lines, removed unsafe buildings and amenities, updated maintenance facilities, and renovated the fishing pier. These projects are setting the stage for community-guided improvements.
Timeline
Community members will help guide the renovations at Blue Lake Regional Park. The entire planning process will take about two years, wrapping up in 2025. From there, the park design that community members have shaped will be handed over to construction team who will begin building the new structures and amenities in a phased approach.
Related stories
News or story
A sustainable park office
Blue Lake Regional Park's new office meets International Living Future Institute Core Green Building Certification standards.
Related place
Park
Blue Lake Regional Park
Whether you want serious exercise or a lazy day on the water, a kid-friendly romp or a grownup picnic, find it at Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview.
Related projects
See all projects
Improvement
Willamette Cove cleanup and future nature park
Learn how Metro and the Port of Portland are cleaning up the land at Willamette Cove and weigh in on the design of the future nature park.
Improvement
Chinese cemetery memorial at Lone Fir Garden
Metro is creating a memorial garden on ground that was once the Chinese section of the historic cemetery.
Contact
Olena Turula
she, her, hers
Principal Regional Planner
[email protected]
503-813-7542