Best Family-Friendly Attractions

Explore the best best family-friendly attractions options for kids and families in Corvallis

Central Park

Central Park

Kids' play area, walkways & sculptures. 3.75-acre green space with a gazebo, walkways & flowerbeds, plus a playground, sculptures & benches.

Riverfront Commemorative Park

Riverfront Commemorative Park

4.5-acre park along the Willamette River. Greenway along the Willamette River featuring a paved walkway, benches & statues, plus fountains.

Avery Park & Natural Area

Avery Park & Natural Area

Large park with a rose garden & fields. Woodland park filled with playgrounds, a rose garden with more than 250 varieties & a sports field.

Willamette Park And Natural Area

Willamette Park And Natural Area

Large nature space for sports & play. This 287-acre riverside area has trails, a playground & soccer fields, plus a disc-golf course.

Bruce Starker Arts Park And Natural Area

Bruce Starker Arts Park And Natural Area

City park with reservable amphitheater. Public park with a grassy amphitheater with a shelter that can be booked for events, with a pond.

Wildcat Park

Wildcat Park

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Jackson Frazier Wetland

Jackson Frazier Wetland

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Chip Ross Park

Chip Ross Park

Elevated hiking trail with scenic views. Sizable park featuring a 1.5-mi. trail through forests & hilltop prairie with sweeping views.

Bald Hill Natural Area

Bald Hill Natural Area

Sprawling park popular with hikers. This large park is a popular hiking destination & also allows seasonal horseback riding & bicycling.

Philomath Museum | Benton County Historical Society

Philomath Museum | Benton County Historical Society

History museum with varied collections. Museum with collections of geological equipment, quilts & 16mm family movies shot in the 1940s.

Peavy Arboretum

Peavy Arboretum

Relaxed natural area with walking paths. Peaceful standby featuring a varied assortment of plant life & several hiking trails.

Historic Carousel & Museum

Historic Carousel & Museum

Indoor carousel with hand-carved animals. Over 50 hand-carved animals on an antique mechanism, plus exhibits of historic carousel artefacts.

Takena Landing Park

Takena Landing Park

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Albany Regional Museum

Albany Regional Museum

Exhibits exploring local history. Changing exhibits offer insight into the history & culture of the Albany, Oregon area.

Kinder Park

Kinder Park

Green space with a ball park & play area. Recreational oasis featuring a colorful children's playground, grassy fields & a baseball diamond.

Bowman Park

Bowman Park

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Timber Linn Memorial Park

Timber Linn Memorial Park

Veterans memorial, lake & playground. Grassy park featuring a veterans memorial, athletic fields & a playground, plus a lake for fishing.

Bryan Johnston Park

Bryan Johnston Park

Play equipment & a walking trail. Neighborhood park featuring a walking loop, a toddler playground & a half-court basketball court.

Minto-Brown Island Park

Minto-Brown Island Park

Vast riverside park with miles of trails. 898-acre site with paved trails in open & wooded areas, picnic & play areas & an off-leash dog park.

Cascades Gateway City Park

Cascades Gateway City Park

Natural area with disc golf & a lake. This 102-acre park offers ball fields, 18 holes of disc golf, fishing, trails & picnic facilities.

Bush’s Pasture Park Rose Garden

Bush’s Pasture Park Rose Garden

Small botanical park & greenhouse. Compact botanical park with diverse flower & plant species, plus a gazebo & a greenhouse.

Bush House Museum

Bush House Museum

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Deepwood Museum & Gardens

Deepwood Museum & Gardens

Victorian house museum & formal gardens. Formal gardens, nature trails & a Queen Anne Victorian home with history exhibits & guided tours.

Bush's Pasture Park

Bush's Pasture Park

Gardens, playgrounds, trails & tennis. Verdant, 90-plus acre park featuring flower gardens, playgrounds, trails, tennis courts & more.

Get Air Trampoline Park

Get Air Trampoline Park

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Giant Globe

Giant Globe

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Willamette Heritage Center

Willamette Heritage Center

Wool-making exhibits, a cafe & shops. Victorian-era, water-powered mill turned wool-making museum, with exhibits, a cafe & shops.

Salem's Riverfront Carousel

Salem's Riverfront Carousel

Indoor carousel carved by local artists. Local volunteers carved more than 40 horses by hand for this indoor carousel, which opened in 2001.

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art

Modern art, regional artifacts & more. Museum displaying historic, regional & modern art, plus collections of Native American baskets.

Riverfront City Park

Riverfront City Park

Waterfront park with a carousel. Riverside green area with a playground, an amphitheater, a carousel & the Eco Earth Globe sculpture.

Gilbert House Children's Museum

Gilbert House Children's Museum

Children's museum in 3 historic houses. Children's science & art museum spanning 3 Victorian houses plus an outdoor play area.

Waldo Park

Waldo Park

Tiny park around a giant sequoia. 12-ft. by 20-ft. downtown park centered around a giant sequoia tree planted here in 1872.

Straub Nature Park

Straub Nature Park

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Weathers Park

Weathers Park

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Powerland Heritage Park

Powerland Heritage Park

62-acre, open-air farm machinery museum. Open-air exhibits featuring old farm machinery, a mini-train & the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum.

Willamette Mission State Park

Willamette Mission State Park

Park with a lake in a historic setting. A nature preserve with a lake, camping, hiking & picnicking, on the site of a former settlement.

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