McMinnville is split into four parts by SR 99W, Northwest Second Street and Southeast Three Mile Lane. SR 18 runs along the Southern border of the city.

McMinnville has several large city parks with the largest being Joe Dancer park, at the Southeast corner of the city on the Yamhill River, which covers approximately 100 acres. The central feature of the park is the recently expanded Drew Gary Ottley Memorial Skate Park. There are baseball diamonds here and a dense wooded section, much like the way the lands along the rivers were before the country was cleared for farming, which has been left for exploration. Don't be surprised if you hear bird calls and miscellaneous creature noises as you walk along the trails in this area. The Michelbook Country Club facility, is a private country club in The Northwest corner of the which has 18 hole course stretching over 6500 yards for some challenging golf.

Two judges serve this court; Hon. Kevin Kinney and Hon. Robert S. Thompson