I was here to watch soccer games and found the park to be enormous and very pleasant until it…read morebecame dusk. Perhaps my sheltered existence in the NPW did me dirty because as soon as the sun went down, and the night sky appeared so did the bugs. It wasn't just one bug but an army of persistent bugs that were not friendly at all. They had one goal in their hive mind, ATTACK!!!! While I can't blame the park for the bugs per se, I wanted to leave the park ASAP before my arms were devoured.

We spent several days at this park for a baseball tourney. It's a beautiful and well maintained…read morepark! Sports fields, walking trails, and beautiful gardens. The bathrooms were older, but well maintained. The grass was all cut. If we lived nearby, I imagine this is a place we would frequent.

This was a great shaded playground with great walking and a dog park. There were perfect hills for…read morerolling down and a fun modern tire style swing. We stayed for hours.

This is a great local park with amen everyone for a variety of interests and ages. I love that it…read morehas the playground structure, swings, walking track, dog park and trails. You can come with a family of varying ages and everyone will have something to do, The one down side (which seems to be an issue at every park) is that there needs to be more swings

BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE. They sell out day of right away. Boyce park is what skiing was like 20…read moreyears ago in the USA. No frills and just about the slopes. It's a perfect reminder of how corporatization and privatization ruins most things in last stage capitalism. A whole family can ski here and it doesn't break the bank. Wow, we are so lucky to have this! I've only been for skiing/boarding but I'm sure the rest of the park is swell, too.

Good skiing and snowboarding sport for kids and people over 30 who haven't done it in a while!read more

A nice little park to sit and enjoy the view of the Allegheny River. There is a small picnic area…read morealong with a playground and basketball courts. I recommend a visit if you happen to be in the area.

I don't often make it to this part of town but I saw the sign for Pleasant Valley Park a few months…read moreago when driving by and vowed to return for a hike. It was a warmer fall day when I returned. I had checked out the park map online (easily accessible at http://www.pvpark.org/) beforehand. It's a smaller park with only a few miles of trails. But the trails are well marked and maintained. I followed the longer Hank's Trail and while the trail is narrow in spots, I never felt lost. There was some mild elevation but overall the hike was easy. Pleasant Valley Park is good for hiking if you just want to get out into the woods. There aren't really any outstanding features that I saw (like waterfalls or rock formations) but it's a great place to escape for a couple hours.

It's just a standard park. I know it's not the parks fault but there were a considerable amount of…read moreswearing teenagers and they did not mind swearing and trying to be shocking in front of young kids. Just not a great experience. My 8 year old did have fun though.

Nice!! Basketball court lots for in kids to swing and play. Big field for hockey and soccer. Lots…read moreof parking

The JCC family park is a nice facility for spending the day with the kids. The kiddie pool is great…read morewith a waterfalls shroom and water squirting out of some half circles that provide a fun environment for the kids. It is also contained so they can't run into the big pool. The Olympic size pool provides plenty of space for the older kids to play while the deep end provides a diving area with about 4 lap lanes in the middle. There is plenty of space and chairs to sit in the sun and the environment is peaceful and relaxing. The family park is a nice perk to being a member of the J for sure.

Townsend Park is very nice! We play baseball here so we come here at least twice a week. The fields…read moreare very nice and the equipment is helpful to rake the field. I have never hiked the whole trail but I did see the entrance to one. The park is also very clean and you can tell it's well kept.

Townsend Park is part of the Murrysville Parks Department and like its sister Duff Park, it offers…read morea surprisingly extensive trail system. I did some winter hiking here along with some of my co-workers as part of my job's wellness program. Most of Townsend Park's trails are loops, so it's possible to hike as little or as much as you want. This does mean doing some doubling back, but that doesn't detract from an enjoyable hike. We started out from the parking lot on the Ron Stoll Trail, going in a clockwise direction. The Ron Stoll is the park's main trail, being rather wide and an easy hike. We turned left onto the Pine Grove Trail for about .10 mile. The park's website says that owls are known to roost here. We then made another left and went clockwise on the Twin Oaks Loop Trail, paralleling a stream for much of its length. This trail ends at the main access road, but a left and another left put us back on the Twin Oaks Loop Trail. We then completed the Pine Grove Trail back to the Ron Stoll Trail. We the went clockwise on the Pokeberry Hill Trail, which has some moderate hills. We then regained the Ron Stoll Strail, backtracking down to the Heart Attack Hill Trail. Don't worry folks--it's not as bad as its name implies! But it is a vigorous walk up to the top of the hill from about an elevation of 1200 feet to 1340 feet. The hike on this trail is o-so worth it with views of the Laurel Mountains. We took a break here before descending counterclockwise on the Spring Hill Trail. This trail goes down the back of Heart Attack Hill towards a natural spring. We then did another clockwise loop on the Sunset and Sunrise Trails before going down the Bulltown Link Trail. We then did another backtrack to the Heart Attack Trail before returning to the parking lot. Townsend Park may not have the extensive trail system that, say, Frick Park has. But in looping the trails, it's possible to get a good 4 mile hike in. It's definitely worth a morning's exercise here.

This is a nice little local dog park. They have two different sections next to each other: one for…read moresmall dogs and one for big dogs, which are both marked. The parking and location are next to the Forest Hills community pool.