Cook Park

Great picnic park! Lots of shaded grassy areas as well as picnic tables. Two large play structures, one just for 2 – 5 y/​o children. This is great if you have kids with a larger age difference, mine are 1 & 8. The only reason I gave Cook Park 4 out of 5, not 5, is that a water feature for the kids during the summer would complete the package. My boys and I will be spending a lot of time at this park this summer.

Great place to start or finish a quick kayaking trip. Quiet place. Big enough park to host the balloon festival.

The park address indicates Portland but it is actually in Tigard, right next to the high school. I have been going here for most of my life, it is a huge and beautiful park.
The facilities are top notch and the trails are awesome, if you meander to the end there is riverfront property and benches so you can sit and watch the river pass by. There is also a small boat ramp. Great place to relax and contemplate life, during the week it is nice and quiet.
I would imagine you could fish off the dock but I would probably not eat anything that came out of that river, catch and release!

A really awesome park. Lots of areas to go. A main concrete pathway that wraps around park. Smaller off path trails to get lost on. Plenty of picnic space and kid play areas. My only knock is that there isn’t a set off leash area for my dog. I realize it’s within reasonable walking distance to a mediocre Tualatin dog park, but a park of this size should offer a bigger area for fido and friends to run without upsetting others. if you don’t have a dog this park would be perfect. If you do have a dog, it’s still a really nice place to walk him, but on leash.

What a lovely park. My first time here. My friend and I mostly drove through and walked a bit — but it was damn cold yesterday. The park is BIG — bigger than I think or it looks. My friend tells me they have concerts and events in summer under the tent or bandstand or whatever. There’s baseball fields, a volleyball field and others I think. Bike path, lovely paths by the water. This is also the spot where they rent kayaks and canoes in summertime. Next year, I’m on it like a bonnet! This may be a 5 star park — I’ll let you know come summertime.

Large, clean playground. Nice covered picnic/​gathering areas. Ample parking.
Bathrooms don’t have soap, but they do have running water and air-​dryers. Bring your own if you care.

This is a nice park with clean restrooms. I went to an event over the weekend here and found the grounds to be clean with convenient parking. This would be a nice place for a big BBQ if you rent one of the spaces in advance.

We saw a bald eagle last time we were here. They have added trails that connect this part to a Tualatin Park making this a great place to run, walk and explore.
The play areas are great here too.

Awesome place to take the kiddos! As well as a perfect spot for picnics and family get-​togethers, I love the playgrounds at this park — one is central & HUGE with lots of big-​kid stuff, while the other is smaller & secluded (take a left when you enter the park, before the previous playground) with plenty for toddlers to play on. My kid has fun at both and we often take a long walk before/​after playing.
The trails are superbly maintained. We see lots of birds and squirrels, and ducks in the river from the bridge. Sometimes, we even stop to watch the commuter MAX running along the trail, which is awesome for my kiddo — she loves trains!
We’ve also been to the Tigard Balloon Festival held at Cook Park every summer, which is fun. Check it out and enjoy!

Kayak up the river two months ago. The problem was the water was high from the rain the past two weeks. It took us an hour just to get a half mile. Going back only took 10 min.
I was told to take another access to the river and paddle to cooks park and then float back. The water was reported to be easier in down river location. I’ll try that and update this review.

A couple years ago, Tualatin and Tigard decided to meet in the middle… of the Tualatin River that is. They built the Tualatin River Ped Bridge to connect Cook Park in Tigard with Tualatin Community Park and now both communities can enjoy the gorgeous natural area on both sides of the river.
Cook Park spans 79 acres along the Tualatin River. It is best known for hosting the Festival of Balloons
every June.
The park is a mix of wetlands, open areas, sports fields, playgrounds and trails. We’ve also used the boat launch for our canoe and kayaks. Our family likes to start in Tualatin and bike over the bridge to Cook Park. Along the way we always pass a ton of walkers (usually with dogs and/​or kids in tow) and other cyclists. There are benches and shelters if you want to stop along the way and a nice mix of open and canopied areas that protect you from the sun in the summer and wind and rain in the winter.
Kudos to the Parks & Rec Departments of both cities.
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Noticed that the Google map above is incorrect. Directions are provided at the park’s website —