Community Bark West

Good park in the area but wish it was lot bigger. Excellent facility, clean and well maintained. This is my first year at the dog park but already feeling like my dog has found his second home.

We have been going here for two and a half years and both my dog and I love it! The place is huge and has two small hills that your dog can run up. There are bag stations and garbage cans everywhere, so you have no excuse to not pick up after your dog, although some people still don’t. There’s a water fountain and a hose near the door that open up in the spring and stay open till late fall I think. You need to have a card to swipe to enter, so makes it more difficult for people who do not have it to enter.
The only thing I hate about this place is some of the people. There’s three types of people here.
1. The involved ones — They will follow their dogs where ever they go, their dogs listen to them, pick up after their dogs, if trouble has been started they will take their dog away, and they are really friendly to everyone around them.
2. The careless ones — Won’t pick up after the dog. They will stand and chitchat and have no clue where their dog is. One time there was a dog that would not let go of another dog’s neck and that dog kept whimpering and crying and the couple was on the other side of the park making out! There’s also the people who have tiny dogs who bark and bark at other dogs. One dog kept chasing my dog and was nipping at her ankles and the owner didn’t do anything because it was a small dog and he couldn’t possibly hurt my dog.
3. The over protective ones — These guys annoy me. You are at a dog park not a day care for infants. These dogs will roll around, jump on each other, and growl to tell the other to back off. I have seen people yelling at others telling them to stop their dog from chasing the poor pooch. I honestly don’t know what these people think a dog park is for. Keep them in your backyard if you don’t want another dog playing with them. One very hyper dog kept bothering my dog so my dog would kind of chase him away by barking at him. The lady got scared and told me she would call the cops if my dog bit her dog. I kept telling her that my dog has never bit any human or dog and she is doing that because she wants him to back off. She kept freaking out and saying I was lying so I ended up leaving the park so she can shut up.

Absolutely love this place clean, water fountain, water hose, poop bags, open all year! Large area for your dogs to run and socialize with other dogs. You can get annual park pass through Glenview Park District. Water is shut off during winter so you must bring your own.

Shhh… This place could be Glenview Park District’s best-​kept secret.
Out of sight of Milwaukee Avenue and I-​294, this park is quite a discovery. I don’t know about Glenview’s other parks, but I can easily say if they can single out a park as their royal crown jewel, this would be an excellent choice — for any suburb. It looks very new and there still appears to be some more work going on too.
Located just east of Abt and the AON building, this park is enormous. There are 1−½ miles of walking trails, mostly paved and very wide. Ponds with tall cattail grasses, wildflowers and ornamental bushes abound. These trails can be bike, stroller or wagon-​friendly. There’s even a foot bridge across one of the ponds. The nature trail continues farther south past the main portion of the park and towards Central Ave. Good place to enjoy a stroll on a warm and pleasant afternoon or early evening.
A small field house and concession stand is in the center of it, surrounded by a baseball field and 5 soccer fields, all with perfectly manicured lawns. The playground there is immense too, with multiple platforms and catwalks, slides and even a series of climbing walls for kids. I know my 4 year old and especially his stunt-​baby brother would be enthralled with a place like this.
If you’re by Abt, this is THE place to play.

Fantastic dog park. 6 acres split up with one area for the large dogs and one area for dogs under 25 lbs. There are always a few tennis balls laying around and there is a water fountain for people and dogs. Love that this is a part of my town!