Irish Bend Park

Irish bend is beach is an 'end of the road...then end of the paved road, behind the farm field' beach that will take a little 'doing' to get to. Located 3.2 miles NE of Monroe, OR, this remote sandbar beach is worth the travel if you are looking for a serene and quiet experience filled with great wildlife watching and perhaps a little fishing to boot.

This is a non improved site with no amenities so come with your water and anything else you might need to enjoy a beautiful day swimming here!

This site is sampled twice monthly from June 1 through October 1 and monthly from October 2- May 30.

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There is currently very limited water quality monitoring of Oregon's inland swim beaches. The federal Beach Act does not cover freshwater or riverine beaches, and the state of Oregon does not monitor swim beaches or recreation sites on the Willamette River . Willamette Riverkeeper monitors many major swim beaches along the length of the Willamette River system through their Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program. Sites are sampled twice monthly June through September. Between October and May, Beaches are sampled once per month. In Portland, The Portland Boathouse Dock (adjacent to the Eastside Swim Bowl), Riverplace Marina Dock (adjacent to Tom McCall Bowl) and the Sellwood Park Dock are monitored by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Water Quality Division. The Swim Guide's safety ratings are based solely on E.coli levels. While E.coli concentration is a useful indicator of fecal contamination, there are many other potential sources of pollution on the Willamette that are not reflected in the Swim Guide. These include other bacteria, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, high temperatures and pesticides.

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