About this location
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Water trailLewis River and Vancouver Lake
- Restrooms
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Yes
- Parking Type
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147 parking spaces, plus 18 disabled parking stalls. Parking lot is linear along the park. Overflow parking is sometimes available.
- Parking Fee
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Effective April 3, 2017: $2 for motorcycles $3 for cars $6 for cars with trailers $8 for buses or motor homes
- Tidal influence
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The launch is available at all tide conditions.
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Launch TypeBeach
- Launch Fees
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None
Vancouver Lake Park is a 190-acre regional park that stretches for 2.5 miles along the west shore of Vancouver Lake. The park has 35 developed acres and a wide range of visitor faciilities and provides habitat for a variety of wildlife and migratory waterfowl. The Lake itself has a surface area of approximately 2,300 acres that varies with seasonal water levels. Vancouver Lake is shallow, with a lake depth that is typically betwen three to 15 feet. Paddling on the open water can vary considerably depending on wind and other weather factors. During fall-winter-spring, Vancouver Lake can be a particularly good birding spot.
Canoes, kayaks, paddle boards, and other non-motorized boats are typically launched from the sandy beach. At higher water levels the beach can be inundated - but boats can them be launched from the grassy area leading to the beach. No motorized boats can be launched at Vancouver Lake Park (motorized boats are rare on the lake and must observe no-wake rules). The carry to the water from the parking lots can be considered long, especially on crowded summer days.
Facilities include:
- 2 picnic shelters
- 24 barbecue grills
- 65 picnic tables
- 2 sand volleyball courts - nets are typically up May 15 to September 15
- 5 pieces of playground equipment
- 5 drinking fountains
- 3 restrooms
- 1.06 miles of asphalt path
- 0.7 miles of gravel/dirt path
- 147 parking spaces, plus 18 disabled parking stalls
Site owner
Clark County
Address
6801 N.W. Lower River Road
Vancouver, WA 98660
United States
