Progress Lake Park — Attraction in Beaverton

The water is very clear and the lake is located in a very nice area between Tigard and Beaverton. The fishing is decent (during sunrise/sunset), but my issue with it is that you can’t take boats out on it (OR SWIM), and you’re limited to about 15% of the waterfront for access.

The lake is stocked with rainbow trout, carp, black crappie, yellow bulkhead/catfish, pumpkinseed/bluegill sunfish, and GOLDFISH (from a teacher years ago who dumped some in the lake), and LARGEMOUTH BASS. If you catch bass in this lake, ODFW wants them OUT. I’ve seen smaller and large ones (in the water and) caught here, but it’s all about time of day and weather. Top baits used are power baits and eggs, earthworms, corn, and...

Nice quite lake in the middle of a Beaverton neighborhood. The lake itself is quite small, with a short walking path on one side that’s close to the shops in the strip mall. There is fishing in the lake, with a few spots where you can do it from. There is no trail all the way around the lake and one side is apartments/condos. This is not a park as one would imagine and not a picnic spot either. Nonetheless, a nice quiet place to relax and have a drink on the patio of one of the coffee shops or restaurants overlooking the lake. It wasn’t crowded...

Surprised this has its own rating to be honest. If you have lived in Beaverton long enough you know this area was once a rock quarry next to a pretty run down strip mall on a very small road.

Today they have done considerable work to this area and transformed it into what most know as Progress Ridge. The lake was once a little swamp pit hidden by mounds of dirt but now is the center piece for one of the best looking shopping centers in the area. Plus without the lake how would all those apartments and townhouses justify their...