Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
For you Out-of-Townerz trying to find the BarkPark ~
You're looking for the "K-9 Field of Dreams Dog Park"...
Located behind Pavilion # 7,
inside the Hancock (County) Parks "Riverbend Recreation Area"...
Just SOUTH of Ohio route 568...
ON Marion Township Road 208...
about 5 miles South West from downtown Findlay, Ohio.
If you follow the instructions below (from another Thread) -
You can see and/or Print (must use a color printer) a series of Very Detailed area maps that show all the local Township, County, and State roads. You might want to shift (left & right; up & down) slightly to see all the township road Numbers and Names on the zoomed-in maps - but the zoom-in detail is excellent!
And ALL the important intersections *DO* have signs with either the Road Name or Number!! But read the WHOLE sign! As you get close - ALL the signs start with "MARION" followed by the road NUMBER! (Dad wuz thunkin there wuz a Lotta roads named "Marion".)
If you ask someone for directions - be sure to say "River
BEND" Park - there are several other little parks in the Hancock Parks District with names starting with "River..."
** Pay attention to Routes 23 and 15 -- (if you use the southern approach)!! It "looks" like the same road (actually a highway) with both numbers - but Not So! You leave Upper Sandusky (route 30) onto Ohio 23 and OMG! 23 just morphs into Ohio 15 as you get closer to the Findlay Reservoir.
On most maps, the Findlay Reservoir appears as a rather large, square shaped Lake - south-east of the City of Findlay. Good Landmark! The Dog Park is within a quarter mile of the north-east corner of that Reservoir!
Do a
http://www.mapquest.com "thingie" - kuz we
know this werkz!!
Click on their *Maps* link - you'll get a fill-in-the-blanks form ~
In "Address/Intersection" - type in "township 207 and township 208" (without the quotes).
In "City" put Findlay; in "State" put OH;
no Zippy Code required.
MapQuest will pop up a super-zoomed-in little map -
shows a square corner of the reservoir and the two roads Twp 207 & Twp 208...
Just about where the "208" block is shown is almost *Zaktly* where the BarkPark iz, just below or south of where Twp 208 hangs a 90 degree turn to the left (west)!!
You can use the "Big Map" clicker [in the Upper-RIGHT corner of the MAP] to blow things up and cut down on the ads showing... then Zoom Out to get a better idea of "where" you are.
Zoom out slowly - too many jumps and you'll be seeing half of the USA!
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Here's the Deal on the Findlay / Hancock Parks Dog Park Permit...
The Dawgs are
supposed to have a
*Permit Card* issued by Hancock Parks to be allowed into the BarkPark area. The Permit
Fee is only $10.00 per year (December through December - 13 months) for up to three dogs. Well worth the price even if you only plan to visit a few times!
To obtain the Permit - send an E-mail to:
Hancock Parks (
[email protected] )
and ask them to Mail you the
"RiverBend Dog Park Application Form". Cut off the Return Part at the bottom, fill it in and *sign* the release/waiver on the back, and gather the Dog(s) current Vaccination & Rabies Receipts...
I made a copy of their last Vet receipt (shows the Vaccs they got), copy of their Rabies Vacc Certificates, and threw in for good measure a copy of their County Licenses; together with a check for $10.00. We got our lil Permit Card back in less than a week.
A "Note:"
Don't sweat the Permit if you think you might only be "visiting" once or twice! The Very Nice Park Ranger I talked to (before we came) said they do NOT hassle folks - and a couple *visitors* surrounded by multiple permit holders would NOT be a problem. He did stop by, late on Sunday, to say "Hello"... and never even mentioned wanting to *see* anyone's permit. And the permit has no names or numbers of Dogs on it ~ so between the current permit holders, we've got "spaces" for probably almost 30 Dawggies!
I suggested to Amy that we could put a coffee can out by the food for BarkPark Donations ~ folks who don't want to go through the permit process can toss a couple bucks in the can and we'll send that as a donation to the BarkPark Volunteers.
As for the Phred's Fambly "contributions" to the Cause... We'll leave that in the *pot* to kick off the June/July "Gathurin".
There is one right across from Wal-Mart about 10 min from the park. I am not sure of the name of it, but I can ask Amy's mom.
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Huney, Bon & Simba-missed so very much
12/02
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