Island Grove Park — Attraction in Abington

Island Grove is a great place in the summer for family cookouts& swimming. They also have swimming lessons for the children. As far as the fishing goes,not so good. Better than it use to be. The pond was stocked with a variety of freshwater fish. My family and I have been going there for almost 40years now. Two parking lots, also. Worth checking out, now that it's getting warmer.. ENJOY! I was going past the Grove this Friday morning and I happened to have my rod in the car. I had one small lure from last year still in the box. It was a bit windy, but I caught a good wind. I was reeling in & walking to the car. I was finished and I got a little tug. Caught myself a little calico bass. Put a smile ☺ on...

It’s a cool place to go when it’s nice out not wet because the paths are dirt. My little nephew loves to go here because he literally believes me when I say let’s go to the witches house that or which really does live in that abandoned little cabin that’s all boarded up. I can’t say I would swim there the last time I have swim there was when I was maybe six and I remember coming out of the water in my light pink bathing suit was brown.. although I do believe they have cleaned the water up a lot and even put chlorine in the swimming area. Not a bad place at all , and I guess it pretty good place to swim for all you pond goers. I can only swear in...

I have been coming here since I was a little kid. I now have my own child, and have also brought her here since she was a baby. There's a swimming area- pond- which is separate from the big pond you can see from the street. They add chlorine to the swimming area to keep it clean. Because they also have summer camp here, for all different ages. It's just a great place to visit. You can fish off the bridge, have a picnic, go swimming, walk the nature trails, play on the swing sets, or simply relax and take in the...