Justine

You'll go miles and miles with the doggos, and plenty of good photo ops.

Nice to be out and about, walking the coast with the puppers. Great photo ops. Walk-up food stand nearby is dog friendly (even serves doggie ice cream treats)

There is plenty of parking, even on weekends, if you drive a little ways past the main lot to one of the (18!) picnic areas, which each have bathrooms. Consult a map to find trailheads. It's a very large and beautiful park with functioning stables and an old mansion. On some of the trails you'll find ruins of other old buildings. Dogs are welcome on leash.

Rules say to keep dogs on a leash, but I've encountered several off leash dogs. The Wissahickon trails are narrow, have frequent elevation changes and are very rugged, climbing up rocks and over tree roots. I wouldn't bring my small dog, but more athletic dogs seem to enjoy it.

There is pretty much unlimited free parking and you can find trails or sidewalks on either side of Belmont Ave to walk with your dog on leash. There are east and west sides of the park; ponds, picnic areas, museums, gardens, a carousel, monuments, baseball fields; the only thing this place doesn't have is an actual dog park!

I have a 50 lb dog and 14 lb dog, and I came mainly so the big one could run around off leash, but on a Saturday there were at least 60 dogs and she was completely overwhelmed, got anxious and tried to escape out the double gate when another family was leaving. It's a nice park, well maintained and free, but it was too much noise and activity for my doggos.