Size: 72 acres

Habitat: Open areas, wet meadow, pond with cattails, deciduous floodplain woods, small amount of coniferous woods, stream.

Best Months: April–May; September–October.

Coverage Time: 30 minutes to an hour or more.

Trails/Paths: No trails or paths except sidewalks in the vicinity of the ballfields and pavilions; a mown strip behind the tennis courts provides a view of the meadow as well as access to the south side of the pond.

Notable Birds: Northern Pintail, Wild Turkey, American Bittern, Cattle Egret, Merlin, Glaucous Gull, Red-headed Woodpecker, Warbling Vireo, Marsh Wren, American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Pine Siskin.

Amenities: Portable toilets year-round; two pavilions, tot lot, tennis courts, ballfields, and in-line hockey rinks.

Handicapped Access: Limited. Paved paths and parking lots in vicinity of athletic fields.

Operation and Hours: Howard County park; dawn to dusk.

Special Attractions: One of the county’s most easily accessible sites for nesting Warbling Vireo, Blue Grosbeak, and orioles.

Howard County Recreation and Parks information

Nearby Sites: Marriottsville (PVSP), Henryton (PVSP), David Force Park, Mount Pleasant, West Friendship Park.

Compiler: Ralph Cullison.

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