Dexter State Recreation Site, on the western edge of Dexter Reservoir, provides convenient access to the reservoir with docks and a two lane launch ramp. A picnic area with bbq stands and fire rings overlooks the lake. But the lake is not the only attraction! A popular 18-hole disc golf course winds it way through oaks and Douglas fir trees and you can reach nearby Elijah Bristow State Park through a system of connecting trails that follow the Middle Fork of the Willamette River.
History
In 1998, OPRD took part in a land exchange with local government, exchanging three park properties (Armitage, Hendricks Bridge State Wayside, and Howard J. Morton Memorial State Park) for a 25-year lease of federal facilities at Fall Creek Lake and Dexter Lake. Dexter State Recreation Site is one of those properties. Dexter Reservoir is one of 13 multi-purpose water projects built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Willamette Valley. The reservoir was completed in 1954, and Lane County managed the site until the 1998 land exchange with OPRD.
Acreage: 94
Annual day-use attendance: 180,272