Dorena Lake Cottage Grove
This beautiful place is a reservoir on the row river in lane county oregon.
Dorena lake cottage grove. Dorena dam is located on the row river a tributary of the willamette river about six miles east of cottage grove ore. It is located 6 miles east of cottage grove a well know location for visitors. Open dawn to dusk with a nominal parking fee.
Dorena lake is a popular summer vacation destination. Dorena reservoir also dorena lake is a reservoir on the row river in lane county oregon united states. Dorena is an an earthfill structure with a concrete spillway completed in 1949 at a cost of 14 million and since has prevented more than 3 4 billion in potential flood damages and controls runoff from 265 square miles of drainage area.
Official provider of dorena lake boat rentals jet ski waverunners water sport charters and tours. Fifty one sites for moorage campground and rv sites which include restrooms showers dump station and on site caretaker. It is located east of cottage grove.
Grassy lawn area boat launch and swimming bay. Eighty beautiful acres on the shores of dorena lake in cottage grove. Read more about dorena lake at wikipedia.
Dorena lake as it s also know also a spot where you have a reasonable shot at catching enough rainbow trout for dinner any day of the year. This fairly large reservoir just a 10 minute drive up row river road east of cottage grove is one of the willamette valley s better bass fishing lakes. Dorena dam was completed in 1949 and has been a nice place to enjoy the outdoors ever since.
Set at the south end of the willamette valley and criss crossed by the coast fork. The dorena dam in front of the reservoir was completed in 1949 as one of the 13 dams of the united states army corps of engineers in the willamette river s basin. Amenities include baker bay marina and shwartz park campground.