Sweetbriar Park
Sweetbriar Park is a cozy and tranquil community park featuring a creek, a walkable paved trail, a playground ideal for young children, open grassy fields, and a frisbee golf course. It is wheelchair accessible and offers amenities such as swings and a basketball court. While parking is limited, street parking is available nearby. The park is dog-friendly and pleasant for walks, with shaded areas along the trail and some seating available, though more seating options would be appreciated by visitors.
Reviews
Playground is best for little kids (6 and under). The park is very tranquil
Five stars for the paved walking/biking/dog trail. In particular the brand new extension along crow creek to covered bridge road has beautiful water views and is well shaded. Has a nice playground area, shaded a good part of the day. Has a 2 hoop basketball court up the hill from the Hansen bridge, you can’t see it from the path. Has 5 holes of frisbee golf, starting at the north of the park, play them down and back for a 9 hole course. It’s not a nice course, too close the the walking trails, woods, and creek, but it is free… The park has about 5 public parking spaces on Hansen Road circle, street parking is also available on Covered Bridge Road, and W. Beilder Road. Across the street on W. Beilder is a small shopping center with restaurants and a convenience store where I would get my kids ice cream and soda when they were young.
Great walking trail but no parking. can park in the culdesac thing but neighbors look at you
I love Sweetbriar Park. It’s a close-by, cozy place adjacent to a creek. Because of its proximity to my house, I’ve walked through the park a lot of times over the past few years since I moved in.
There’s a very walkable trail cutting through the whole park, and at least one large field for play, great if you have kids or dogs. I enjoy standing on the bridges and watching the creek, collecting fruit from the various mulberry trees, and taking my friends and family there. I don’t play disc golf so I can’t comment on how good it is, but you can play here.
However, this park is not very well-maintained. Invasive plants have taken over virtually everything that isn’t lawn, and there’s at least one tree that is visibly bowing from the strength of the English ivy choking it out. This is a serious hazard that needs to be addressed. Along with other invasive species – Bradford pear, bamboo, multiflora rose, Amur honeysuckle, and many more – this makes the park difficult to enjoy. That said, there have been efforts to add more native trees and shrubs in the park and along the creek. I believe that the addition of the trees and shrubs is the result of the efforts of a few volunteers, and not the Township itself.
Recently, the swings were replaced with new ones for an improved playground for kids, less than a year ago at time of writing. Great for the kids, not so great for the adults (like myself) who liked using the swings, but can’t now because they’re so small. I get that adults are not the target audience for the playground, but I wish there were more seating options so I can sit and enjoy myself. There’s maybe two or three benches, only one of which isn’t directly facing the playground. Picnic tables, more benches, a gazebo, I don’t know. Just somewhere to sit and relax and maybe socialize with neighbors would be nice. I do occasionally bring a towel or blanket with me so I can read in the shade.
Either way, though, I love the park and its availability to me. I just think the Township could do a better job with it.
Nice park with a creek that runs through it. Some nice open spaces and grassy areas.