More like Mosquito Hollow any time of year when it's barely warm enough to sustain blood-sucker life.
It appears on the website that trails lead to neighboring Willows park, and lead up to a parking lot there, but I have yet to find where that is. [I will take Samantha J's advice below, and report back.] The obvious parking for the Hollow is along Sawmill Rd, just off the street. This is not the safest when you have young, energetic dogs jumping out of your car, nor if you have a baby and a stroller to deal with there.
The SE side of the park is not as big as the NW side. There is a wide, dirt-road-ish trail along Darby creek, and a mini waterfall spot that is pretty. It abuts a cow pasture on the far side of the creek, and is flanked by residences' backyards on the trail side.
The NW side is where the meat of the park is, with lots of trails. I think in the winter kids go sledding on the main big hill at the NW entrance.
So the dogs went crazy for sniffs at this place and it totally exhausted them without a lot of effort, so mission accomplished there.
The trails are laid out on a map near the entrance, but also available online. Trails were mostly maintained. There was a lot of goldenrod sticking out along one, which I was not happy about, but other than that they were okay.
People had dogs off leash which I can't imagine is sanctioned by the park/township, and yet, it is common practice. Pretty much everyone who had a dog had their dog off leash. Not my dogs. I will say the unleashed dogs were pretty well-behaved, and also well-minded by their owners who were quick to be on top of things if their dog rushed mine.
I saw a boys cross country team, and also a group of boys the same age, heading off to do the opposite of get fresh air in their lungs.
All in all a fun spot. Not as fantastic as my Ridley Creek, but much closer to home for a quick dog jaunt when there's little time at the end of the day, as the sun sets earlier and earlier this time of year.
* * FUN FACT: Did you know "skunks, in the order Carnivora, were classified until fairly recently as part of the family Mustelidae, which includes weasels (genus Mustela, the name bearer of the family), badgers, martins, otters, and wolverines, among others." read more