Rood Bridge Park, Urban park in Hillsboro, United States.

Rood Bridge Park is a 60-acre municipal park on the north bank of the Tualatin River at its confluence with Rock Creek in southeast Hillsboro. It has 12,089 feet of paved trails and 6,172 feet of unpaved trails, two pedestrian bridges, a pond with two waterfalls, a canoe launch, tennis courts, and the River House meeting lodge.

Hillsboro began assembling the site in 1992 with 35 acres bought from the Dreiling family, who had farmed it for over 40 years; 25 more acres came from the adjacent wastewater plant and the Rock Creek and Tualatin River floodplain. Metro bond funds of almost $990,000 arrived in 1995, and a February 1996 flood toppled about 100 trees before SOLV and Intel volunteers cleared debris in 1997. Construction cost about $1.3 million and the day-use park opened in 1999.

The River House, a 2,845-square-foot lodge, was planned and partly funded by the Rotary Club, whose members gave money, labour and materials. Its Great Room has maple floors, a fireplace and vaulted ceilings, and the annex holds 75 people. The rhododendron is Hillsboro's official flower, and the garden followed decades of lobbying for a city park site for the species.

Enter from Rood Bridge Road, where the bridge crosses the Tualatin River; parking and restrooms are on site. Paths total about 12,089 feet paved and 6,172 feet unpaved, so choose footwear for the surface you plan to use. The canoe launch serves small craft only. The park closed for a day in July 2014 after cougar reports.

The 1.5-acre Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden opened in 2001 to grow the city's official flower, the rhododendron; it holds more than 550 natural and hybrid species around its own pond. Decades of lobbying for a city garden preceded it.