Lowell State Recreation Site, State park on Dexter Lake, Oregon.
Lowell State Recreation Site is a state park on Dexter Lake in Oregon with picnic areas, boathouses, and grassy spaces extending to the water. The location has four boat ramps, rentable moorage, a courtesy dock, and a life jacket loaner program for water users.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department took over management in 1998 through a major land swap with other properties. This exchange helped the state consolidate and manage multiple recreation areas more effectively.
Dexter Reservoir, formed by Dexter Dam on the Middle Fork Willamette River, hosts rowing from Lowell's boathouses; the lake lies at about 218 metres, with Butte Disappointment rising 651 metres 2.9 km to the west. The surrounding valley is wooded and sparsely populated, about five people per square kilometre.
The park sits at about 218 m in a valley beside Dexter Reservoir, with Butte Disappointment rising 651 m about 2.9 km to the west. Access is from Lowell, roughly 18 km west of Creswell. The surrounding slopes are wooded and thinly populated, so facilities are limited to the park itself.
Lowell sits at 218 m in a valley below Butte Disappointment, 2.9 km to the west, and Dexter Reservoir lies beside the park. The surrounding hills are wooded and sparsely populated, with Creswell about 18 km to the southeast.
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