Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve

This a great place and a wonderful dog park. The fenced area is very spacious and covers part of a forest, while the open meadows with walking paths are so beautiful, they could easily pretend to be a part of Tuscany in a movie. Since I’ve learned that whole area was a gift of late Ms. Emily Schweitzer to the community, I quite often think of her while I take a walk there and she must have been a wonderful person.

What an amazing area! The dog park was good (we were in the smaller of two areas), but the walking trails were fantastic! Well manicured and beautiful views and plants/flowers to see along the way. Unfortunately, our dogs each came home with a few ticks each, but I guess that is to be expected this time of year and we found early before they embedded. Use a good tick prevention if going here on dogs and wear pants and shoes for the humans.

A nice size fenced in Park. Two sections, one smaller section to isolate your dog or play fetch, and then a large area consisting of an open field and forest area. Forest area is much larger than you perceive. So far no issues with other dogs or owners, however I would say more people do not clean up after their dogs than do. The amount of dog crap all over that field is unacceptable. The park is completely 100% free. It is up to us as dog owners to keep the park nice. And that includes cleaning up your 120lb dog's crap.

Excellent dog park with many wooded trails that we fully enclosed with chainlink fence. Very fun to bring our dog to for a good run around. Entry area is a field that has parts which get muddy or duty if it has either rained or been dry.

Easily the best dog park around with the fenced in forest at the back. 2 gate entrance, water available on site during warmer months, usually plenty of dogs to play with (with its own benefits and risks, but the vast majority of owners are responsible and monitor their dogs for behavior issues). Long isolated dog run for introducing dogs new to playing with stranger dogs. Owners picking up after their dog seems to be hit and miss, but that's the same issue at any park. Again, the majority of owners are responsible and it's an overall very clean and friendly dog park.