Size: 19.85 acres including a 3.8 acre pond.

Habitat: Spring-fed pond with cattails, maturing mixed deciduous trees; brushy/weedy margins; some mown strips; seepage area in trees below dam; fallow field with hedgerow.

Best Months: Spring, fall, and early winter. Most useful during the winter when the pond is at least partially frozen.

Coverage Time: Less than one-half hour to one hour.

Trails/Paths: Wide paved path around the pond. Total path system 1.3 miles including .07 miles of boardwalk; loop around pond is 0.65 miles.

Notable Birds: Cackling Goose, Gadwall, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Horned Grebe, American Bittern, Little Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Gallinule, American Woodcock, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren,  American Pipit, Common Redpoll, American Tree Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue-winged Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, and Canada Warbler.

Amenities: Tot lot; picnic pavilion; tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts.

Handicapped Access: Wide paved path with gentle grades.

Operation and Hours: Howard County park; dawn to dusk (or as posted).

Special Attractions: Pond and boardwalk.

Howard County Recreation and Parks information

Nearby Sites: Western Regional Park,West Friendship Park.

Compiler: Bill Hill

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