Candy Cane Park, located on the corner of 12th Street and "J" Avenue, is approximately 1.77 acres in size

Gangloff Park, located at the entrance to La Grande on Oregon Highway 30, is approximately 2.5 acres in size

Garden Club Park, located on the corner of "Y" Avenue and Depot Street is approximately .5 acre in size. 

Amenities in the park include a small playground, picnic tables, benches and open grassy areas for spontaneous play.  There are no restroom facilities.

Birnie Park has a new, ADA-approved playground, picnic tables, a small picnic shelter and restrooms.  There is also an Oregon Trail Display designed by local artists Don Gray and Tom Dimond.  The display consists of a series of eight oval, glazed ceramic columns with cast bronze caps.  The columns symbolize a pioneer family and aspects of a trip through the Grande Rond Valley by covered wagon.

The City of La Grande, Island City and Union County have joined together to create a bicycle/pedestrian path along the Grande Ronde River from Riverside Park, just north of La Grande, to Island City.   

Island Avenue Greenway is located at the I-84 Interstate Freeway and Highway 82 Interchange, parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.   There is a sidewalk running the entire distance, providing pedestrians safe passage along this busy roadway.

Max Square is on the edge of the historic downtown district, just opposite from City Hall, and provides a venue for community celebrations, musical events, Farmers Market shopping and just plain comfortable and friendly hanging out.

Morgan Lake is located just a few miles outside of La Grande and provides the citizens of Union County an inexpensive, easily accessible area for a broad range of outdoor recreational activities, including fishing, camping and nature hikes.   Gates have been installed to prevent the entry of motorized vehicles during the winter months, but patrons can still walk in and enjoy the beutiful winter scenry. 

The Lake is stocked annually with 23,000 finger length and up to 2,000 legal size rainbow trout.   No motors are allowed on the Lake.

Thanks to grants received from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wildhorse Foundation and the help of volunteers from the Oregon RiverBend Facility and the La Grande Rotary Club, the City has recently completed major improvements to the facility.  A new restroom facility was installed, replacing two old, poorly designed pit restrooms.  A small floating dock was installed next to the boat launch area to provide mooring, fishing and swimming opportunities and four fishing piers were constructed along the south end of the lake.  The walking paths and campsites have been upgraded, as well, and a camp host site is being installed which will hopefully open next spring.

Currently, there is no fee for camping at the Lake, although there is a limitation of 7 nights per visitor to give everyone a chance to enjoy the facility.

Pioneer Park is the home to the majority of the organized athletic leagues in La Grande, houses the Veterans' Memorial Swim Pool, the SK8 Skateboard Park and the covered Rotary Pavilion.

Reynolds Park, located on the south edge of the City's parking lot adjacent to the Reynolds Building on Washington Avenue between Fourth and Depot streets, it is only .01 acre in size.  Established as an Eagle Scout Project in 1986, it provides a charming place for the downtown visitor to take a relaxing break and enjoy the day.