Children play in the splash pad at Klineline Pond.

A new picnic shelter will be constructed in the Klineline Pond area of the park in 2024. Update summer 2024: The construction of a new picnic shelter at Klineline Pond is ready to resume. Construction began earlier this year but was paused this spring due to bald eagles nesting near the project site. Now that the eagles have left the nest, construction will resume. We anticipate completion of the project in November. Previous update spring 2024: This project is delayed due to nesting bald eagles near the project site. Construction will resume once any eaglets have fledged (left) and the nest is vacated by the nesting pair. We anticipate completion of the project in fall 2024. 

Master Plan Update and Accessibility Improvement Project

We are in the early stages of a project to make updates to Klineline Pond, one of the most visited parks in our district. The project will update the master plan with the goal of making the park more accessible. Throughout the project, we will maintain the character of the park and honor its significance in the community.

Click here to submit any comments and/or concerns regarding accessibility challenges at the park by 10.23.24.

The community is invited to participate in the master planning and design process. Information about public input opportunities will be posted here when available.

Funding

The project is funded by a grant from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and real estate excise taxes collected from the sale of homes in Clark County. 

Preliminary Schedule

• Park master plan development: 2024
• Design development: 2025
• Construction: 2025

Mailers & Documents

Klineline Mailer (PDF)
Klineline Flyer (PDF)
Klineline Flyer (PDF) - Spanish
Klineline Flyer (PDF) - Russian
Presentation (PDF) 
Presentation (PDF) - Spanish
Presentation (PDF) - Russian
Presentation (PDF) - Ukrainian
Presentation boards (PDF)

Project Meetings

Thank you for joining us for the Klineline Pond Master Plan Update open house on Oct. 9th open house. 

Open house recording

For master planning information,
Michael Chau, park and trails planner
Michael.chau@clark.wa.gov
564-397-5886

The park also features 35 acres of developed parkland and 368 acres of undeveloped green space. It also includes the Salmon Creek Sports Association Complex, home of the Vancouver Girls Softball Association.

Facilities

• 2 reservable picnic shelters (Pondview shelter is currently out of service)
• 35 picnic tables
• 6 barbecue grills
• 7 sets of play equipment
• Sandy beach 
• Chlorinated spray ground water feature
• 2 drinking fountains
• 1 bathroom
• 186 parking spaces, plus 4 disabled parking stalls

Hours

7 am to dusk

Parking fees

Clark County Parks charges parking fees year-round at the Klineline Pond entrance to the park. Daily parking fees are:

• $2 for motorcycles
• $3 for cars and trucks
• $6 for cars and trucks with trailers
• $8 for buses or motor homes

Learn more about parking fees, and the option to purchase an annual parking pass, on the parking fees webpage.

There is no parking fee for users entering the park on foot or by bicycle. 

Under Clark County Code, parking a vehicle without paying the required daily fee or displaying a valid parking pass could result in a $40 fine.

Splash Pad

The splash pad water-play feature at Klineline Pond will be open this summer. The opening date for the splash pad is weather dependent, but usually no later than June 15. Operating hours are typically 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The splash pad may close occasionally during the summer due to inclement weather or for maintenance. The closing date for the splash pad is weather dependent but typically around Labor Day.

Park Rules

Please observe the following rules when visiting Klineline Pond:

• No pets, other than service animals, are allowed across the bridge into the main use area of the park.
• No boats, canoes, kayaks, rafts or air mattresses are allowed on the pond.
• No abusing docks, ropes, buoys and pilings.

Swimming

Klineline Pond at Salmon Creek Regional Park does not have lifeguards on duty. As with water recreation in all county parks, visitors are responsible for ensuring their safety and the safety of minor children in their care. Safe Kids Clark County will be increasing the number of life jackets available to borrow at Klineline Pond.

To safely enjoy water recreation this summer, visitors should:

• Wear a life jacket. Children, teens and adults should wear life jackets while boating, using personal watercraft, inner tubing or while using other water sports equipment. Life jackets should be worn while swimming in lakes and rivers. Make sure the life jacket fits properly. Inner tubes, air mattresses and other floatation devices are not a substitute for a well-fitting life jacket.
• Closely supervise children. Children should be supervised by adults anytime they’re in or around water. Supervision requires complete attention, even if another adult is present. Avoid distractions when kids are swimming or around water.
• Do not use any substance, including alcohol and cannabis, that could impair your ability to swim, respond to or be aware of your surroundings.
• Never dive into shallow water or off bridges, cliffs or ledges.
• Never swim alone.
• Avoid fast-flowing waters.

Safe Kids Clark County provides life jackets for visitors to borrow at Klineline Pond (Salmon Creek Regional Park). Availability of life jackets to borrow at these locations cannot be guaranteed. Visitors who are planning to enter the water are encouraged to bring a life jacket with them.

Questions about the discontinuation of the lifeguard program at Klineline Pond? Learn more here.

Additional information

• Swimming at Clark County Parks
• Water quality at public beaches, Clark County Public Health

Picnic shelters

​Creekside picnic shelter at Salmon Creek Regional Park.

Salmon Creek Regional Park has two reservable shelters. Each shelter seats 50 people and rents for $75 a day. The Pondview picnic shelter is currently unavailable for rental. 

Shelter information (PDF)

Other portions of the park may be available for weddings and other events with an approved special use permit. Air-inflated “bounce houses” are allowed with approved special use permits, but dunk tanks are not.

Shelter reservations, sports fields scheduling and special use permits

Salmon Creek Greenway and Trail

This urban greenway runs along Salmon Creek between Lake River in Felida and Salmon Creek Regional Park/Klineline Pond in Hazel Dell. It includes bottomlands, wetlands and forested hillsides on both sides of Salmon Creek and the north end of Cougar Creek.

Despite the urban setting, the greenway is extensively used by wildlife, including migratory waterfowl and other birds, deer, coyotes, rabbits, opossums, raccoons and beavers.

A 3-mile-long paved trail extends through a portion of the greenway between Salmon Creek Regional Park/Klineline Pond and Northwest 36th Avenue in Felida. The trail is relatively flat, except for a slope up to Northwest 36th Avenue.

Besides the trailhead in Salmon Creek Regional Park, the trail also can be accessed at the parking lot near the Vancouver Girls Softball Association's fields (restrooms at this location) off of Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue. Access to Cougar Creek Trail is available near the mid-point of the Salmon Creek trail. Look for the stairs up the hill, past the picnic table.

Habitat restoration efforts along Salmon Creek are coordinated through a partnership with the Clark Public Utilities. More information is available on Clark Public Utilities StreamTeam's website.

Related information

• Clark County park rules
• Report a maintenance concern