Irrigon Wildlife Area
Managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
65 acres0.9 mi of trail
Columbia Heritage Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Irrigon
Irrigon has 99 acres of parks, 46 for every 1,000 residents
92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10% of Irrigon’s land is conserved, about 84 acres. The biggest trail networks: Irrigon Wildlife Area (0.9 mi).
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
84 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
99 ac
46 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Irrigon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Irrigon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Irrigon is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, trail miles lowest.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Irrigon’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical OR town 4% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OR 0.8 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land46 acres of park per 1,000 residents (99 acres) · OR 7 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home92% of residents within a half mile of a park · OR 96% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 90%
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Water is 10% of Irrigon’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 9%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Irrigon Wildlife Area, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Marina Park
Park
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trevor Fox Memoriail Children's Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
84 conserved acres
10% of Irrigon’s land. Water is left out: Irrigon has 1.3 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Irrigon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife63 ac
Town or city21 ac
State Conservation Area · 63 acLocal Park · 19 acLocal Recreation Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigon Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 63 | Open |
| Marina Park & Irrigation Sports Complex Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Dan Baxter Skate Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Irrigon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Irrigon
Trevor Fox Memorial Children's ParkIn Trevor Fox Memoriail Children's Park
DirectionsBoat launches in Irrigon
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Columbia Heritage Trail0.6 mi
Biking & sports
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Irrigon: April to June and September
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 82 | 91 | 90 | 81 | 66 | 51 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
July is the driest month (0.2 in) and the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 1.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Irrigon →
Questions about parks and trails in Irrigon
Where can I hike in Irrigon?
The longest trail networks: Irrigon Wildlife Area, 0.9 miles; Trevor Fox Memoriail Children's Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Irrigon is conserved land?
10% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Oregon town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Irrigon’s trails?
Irrigon Wildlife Area and Marina Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Irrigon?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Irrigon?
11,297 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Irrigon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 99 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Irrigon have?
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Irrigon neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →