Bark Park
Bark Park is a dog-friendly park located in Old Bridge, NJ, featuring separate areas for large and small dogs. The park is wheelchair accessible with designated parking and shaded areas provided by surrounding trees. Visitors can enjoy amenities like water fountains and seating, although seating is limited and can be uncomfortable. While the park offers a pleasant social environment for dogs and their owners, some have noted issues with maintenance, tick infestation, and noise due to proximity to a shooting range.
Reviews
We love Bark Park especially our little group in am 9am to 11am and 3 to 430pm
I wouldn’t recommend going here. Although my dog loves it, and I’ve met some great people and dogs, it is tick infested. I have my puppy on the seresto flea and tick collar and still found about 5 or 6 ticks on her. Went to the vet and she put her on Simparica on top of the collar. Hope to see some of you at East Brunswick Dog Park, they have a gravel and sand section which I much prefer she plays on, but if she goes in the grass at least it is much more well kept than Bark Park
I think it’s a great place. My puppy and I have made lots of friends. I do find that not all people are considerate.. I find loads of poop, big poop on the small dog side. I realize we can’t make everyone do what the right thing is, but it is disconcerting when most of us go out of our way to clean up after our pets. I could go on, but I’ll just end it by saying I really am happy I found this park.
If I regularly used this dog park I would say that it’s been wonderful to finally have one in town. I also love that there are two separate areas for both large and small dogs, however, that is about all I can say that is positive about it. I’ve been going there a couple of times per year since it’s been open and am very disappointed. The dog park was poorly designed without forethought and is little more than a fenced-in area in the woods, with running water that is (not easily) available outside of the fenced area if you need it. Even more disappointing is that the conditions at the dog park have only been deteriorating. It’s barely maintained and it often smells terrible, even as you are just walking by. The grounds are always full of very large holes and it is either extremely dusty (poor design) or full of dirty, wet leaves and other rotting vegetable matter. The seating is extremely limited, is very uncomfortable and there aren’t any tables at all. I’ve been to other dog parks around the state and this one is among the worst. The people (and dogs) of our town deserve much better.
It is very close to a shooting range, so if your dog doesn’t like fireworks then might not be the best option. My dog loves being outside and he was standing by the gate whining to leave in about 10 minutes, which has never happened before. Granted we were there on a Friday afternoon, so possibly busier at the range, but there were almost constant shots while we were there with some extra loud bangs as well.
If your dog doesn’t mind fireworks then it’s not a bad park, decent side compared to others in the area and in the trees so there is shade. Water is provided as well as multiple benches.