Paradise Point State Park is located six miles south of Woodland, in Clark County. It lies immediately east of Interstate Highway 5.

Acreage

88.27 acres. 6,180 feet of freshwater shoreline.

Acquired

Paradise Point State Park was acquired in seven parcels; the first in 1958 and the last in 1986, for total cost of $44,460.

Historical Background

There are two accounts of how Paradise Point came to be named:

The Indians of the area used to camp along the east of the Lewis River, where the park is now located, and called it Paradise Point.

Another theory is that in the 1920s and 1930s a motorboat club from Portland used to travel down the Columbia River then up the east fork of the Lewis River and camped at a place on the north shore of the river called Kaner Rock, and they named it Paradise Point. Because of the beauty and peacefulness of the area, it was paradise to them. Kaner Rock is the rock formation on which the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were built.

Facilities

70 campsites, 9 walk­in sites, comfort station, trailer dump station, 3 pit toilets, 29 picnic sites, primitive boat launch, residence, shop/service bldgs., contact station, 2 hiking trails which total 2 1/2 miles. Water is supplied by 3 wells.

Activities

Picnicking, camping, fishing, boating and hiking.