Great place to enter the trails of The Wissahickon, or to let your dogs run with other dogs. I would say this is an unofficial off-leash dog park. Not fenced in, though!

I parked at this parking lot and went hiking on the Orange Trail of Wissahickon Valley. It’s very well marked and the trail on this side is mostly shady thru woods, while on the other side of the river is mostly a paved road.It’s exciting to hike thru terrain, muddy areas, steep trails, cross a creek bed, explore under highway bridges and see the interesting graffitis.Comparing from the flat lands in my area, I prefer more exciting trails on the mountains in PA.

This was a really lovely meeting spot for a first date. It was out in the open air, and the park had just the right number of people around for it to feel like a safe location. The parking was good at the time I went, but Im not sure if that will always be true. It was just a beautiful location for the occasion.

This is a beautiful park! Very well maintained & such a calm & pleasant place to go when you just want to relax & have a little picnic. I will be visiting again...

Nice dog friendly area with open grass fields. Also leads to some nice trails for hiking.

Beautiful park. A friend invited folks out to go for a walk and I am so appreciative. The weather was perfect and the scenery amazing, will be back

Nature, trails, picnic tables, shelters, and dog friendly.

Nice dog park. They had pavilions and benches

Another great park. Doggy heaven. Nice out door pavilion with fire place. Perfect for large and small picnics. Open space. Soft ball field.

This is a nice little park with nice little trails easy to walk but youre very limited on trails if youre rolling. The main issue I dock a star four is how rarely there are signposts and guides on the actual walking trails. Maps and hunks of paintrd. Woods are expensive it seems, lucky all the trails lead into each other fairly well. However there are several nearby parks because of a lack of cross over paths.

Blue Bell Park is a clean park with minimal facilities, access to Wissahickon Park hiking trails and parking. On both of our trips to Blue Bell we were only using it for its parking and access to hiking. The park is large and clean and blends into Wissahickon at the treeline. There is lots of room for dogs to run around (and they usually are) and once we saw a large company picnic being hosted there. There is no playground however. Ive included a couple of pictures from the nearby orange trail.

Awesome dog park full of delightful people and very friendly dogs

Clean, quiet, beautiful park. Great chill trail. Not too hard if you have kids or people with bad knees around. Theres water to see and sometimes there are people with their horses. Part of it is a makeshift dog park. No fencing, just well-behaved doggies having fun. Theres a picnic pavillion and sometimes a porta-potty (meh). Not far from great food if you wanna grab something and have a picnic. Plenty of benches.

Lovely green spaces for dogs to play. Not officially an off-leash park, but people mind their dogs and their manners here. When you want to hike in the Wissahickon woods, they are only a few steps away with fairly clearly marked trails.

Had our community service day here cleaning the trails! Great place, definitely coming more

Love going here.

It was very peaceful and relaxing very nice park

Its a really great park, really. But, if youre not in the know, let me let you know. DONT LEAVE ANYTHING WORTH BREAKING A WINDOW IN YOUR CAR. Break-ins are pretty common and theres not much to be done about it except ENDING POVERTY. NO MORE BILLIONAIRES.

Great walk with the kids

Gorgeous hiking and biking spot within minutes of a train station from center city, making for a good day trip for people living at the heart of Philadelphia

Beautiful little park. Great for letting the dog run off leash.

I love it here. Its nice and quiet and the trails around it are a good exercise. I think we are going back next week too.

Great day and great time.

My favorite place in Philly!

Great unofficial dog park.

Popular for picnics/BBQ and playing fetch with dogs. Nice break for MTB rides, including bathroom with sink.

One of the best places in Philly to enjoy nature and family/friend gatherings

Beautiful location for a larger group. It was clean and well groomed.

Had a great time with my kids

This is a small park that is perfect for your dog to have a catch and run around free than go here, its really not great for anything else. Butttt it has a great pavilion with a fire place and a few picnic tables. So if your looking for a place to have lunch with a few friends than this is the spot.

It was a wonderful experience with my family I will love to go there again....

Its a great place to have peace and serenity.

I go all over to enjoy the outside

Good bike trail and very peaceful

Fun trail for a local. I use it to keep training for the off season.

Awesome trails to walk. Clean, lots of shade and variety of scenery/wildlife. Will definitely be going back soon!

Wonderful! Peaceful! A place away from home

Watching the dogs in the dog park as me and my goddaughter eat our lunch... Very clean quiet pleasurable... put back many memories of my childhood hiking down to the creek

The south end of Wissahickon Valley park. Love it.

Wet but well kept. A lot of people with their dogs playing.

To much negativity too talk about! Just horrible

I was visiting the park as a guest at a family reunion. Awesome time. Beautiful park.

Great place to go read and relax.

Very Woodsy and Quiet

Nice park but people use the park as a doggie park. We paid for a permit from Philadelphia Parks & Recreation for the pavilion on Monday, Sept 4, 2017 but upon our arrival to the site there was dog poop all in that area. We could not use the space, which cost me $140.00. I call the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation on Wednesday to complain and ask for a refund due to the condition of the area and was told no refund due to circumstances beyond their control.I thought people are suppose to carry a poop bag to clean up behind their dog but I guess not. I would not recommend this park for a picnic.

Nice place. Quiet. Cozy

Great dog playground

Nice

Great park to let the dogs roam free but there can be some sketchy folks at the pavilion sometimes.

This little park is actually connected to the Wissahickon Valley park which is part of Philadelphias fabulous Fairmount Park System.It has become an unofficial Dog Park where people let their dogs run free and play, despite the leash law.The park has several picnic areas. During the season, spring summer and fall you need to contact Philadelphia Parks and Recreation for a permit to reserve a picnic area. But off season it is first come first serve. The best picnic area is the picnic shelter. It has a huge fireplace and makes a great place to have an intimate gathering around a fire.The gate is open from dawn to dusk (6pm in the winter) for vehicles. The Park Rangers will come in at closing and warn people to move their cars out to the street before they lock up for the night. But it is accessible 24/7 to pedestrians.This place is a nice getaway right in the heart of Northwest Philly!

Park is accessible via Walnut Lane and on foot/bike/horse through the trails off Forbidden Drive and Lincoln Drive. Parking is available within the center of the park. Bathrooms are made available upon request for registered picnics and events. There are no electric outlets within the bathroom pavillion. A fireplace and chimney are able to be used by the bathroom pavillion.

Nice park to take the pups with easy access to the wissahickon trails

Plenty of room for picnics. Dog friendly. Nice pavilion with fire place. Ball field. Bathrooms opened for registered picnics and parties.

Amazing

Always will be where the family and friends mens cook-off be at

A great little park with trail heads into the Wissahickon

Nice park but people need to clean the dog poop up its everywhere

Great place for a dog walk, picnic, ball game and everything in between. Frequented by people who love easy access to nature.

Nice park plenty of parking and a well groom Park

Nice place to walk around

Nice trails. Wish there was a water fountain

Its a beautiful way to take a natural breath. Right in the middle of the city.

Part of valley green and very dog friendly

Peaceful and beautiful

Great place

Great for picnics, beautiful scenery...

Nice place for picnics

Great place for picnics

Went to a wedding barbeque there. It was lovely.

Ok

Wonderful gateway into the Wissahickon

Peaceful. Wooded green area in the city

Clean, quiet. Hard to believe that youre in the city.

Amazing park.

Very quaint

LOVE THIS PARK

Great place for people, picnics, and dogs.

Great place to work out at

Great picnic spot

Loved the people and the Happy puppies

Wonderful Experience !!

Beautiful outdoors and good for fish

Great for everyone

Love it

Near the dog park in Philadelphia.

Wonderful. Just go there.

Love this park

Nice forest

Dirt, grass, trees, moderate amounts of humans.

Great trails

Dog park.

Large area for dogs to play. Baseball field, bathrooms for permit use during events and a picnics. Plenty of parking with a fireplace pavilion.

Park is good

Had a ball

Beautiful.

Nice and peaseful

Beautiful park

Annual neighborhood picnics

Flat Rock park

Great local hiking