John Rudy County Park — Attraction in East Manchester Township

Big public park with lots of room to do many activities. This park has many trails with small up and down hills. These trails offer different walkways to accommodate different distances to make it diverse. They are also wider than other parks in the area which is nice. Bikes and skates are allowed on the trails.

This county park is also a dog park. It has 4+ fenced-in dog areas for people to let their dogs loose and roam free to play with others. These areas are very big and you can throw balls, discs, ropes or whatever your dog likes to fetch. Fences vary in sizes for safety. You're welcome to use the trails with your dog as long as it is leashed and the leash is 6' or less. Water fountains are pet friendly and have floor dispensers for the furry friends.

Gazebos, restrooms, fountains, trash cans and such were very clean and garbage was picked up. There are restrooms and fountains on different convenient areas as this park is big.

There are some small kid playgrounds but not many that I saw. They have mulch on the ground for safety. They were clean and looked like they were well kept.

Parking areas are good, clean and in convenient areas as well. Some are paved some are not. The ones that are not, have gravel.

There are many baseball, soccer, volleyball and football fields to choose. All of them, the grass was cut and well taken care off.

Great place to walk, jog, run, play sports or simply spend a peaceful time.

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I have taken daily walks on the trail beginning at the ball fields at Emigsville Road, along the Codorus and up into JR park for the past 12 years and call it my happy place. Since COVID19, many people have time and are using the trail and I am happy they are enjoying it. However, I am disappointed is people's behavior. People walk 2 or 3 abreast which brings them into the 6 foot social distancing guidelines. It would be considerate for them to walk single file when passing another walker/runner. Not everyone who walks their dog on the trail keeps the dog close to them and allows it to run toward the walker/runner. This can be dangerous for the walker/runner if the dog gets tangled in their legs and causes them to fall. Since the dog park is closed, I have noticed a great deal more dog poop along the trail as well. The park is there for all of us to enjoy and it is nice to see people who probably rarely took advantage of it now have the time to do so. However, I encourage people to be considerate of one another, especially during what has become a high-use period...

We have went here at least once a week sometimes twice for the past 3 months. I have two puppies. One of witch is a rescue that we got at 1 1/2 months old. We trained her from the very beginning and she is the best dog ever. Her name is Mia. And, Most days the park is great, just the right amount of people and dogs. Most of the people are friendly, but Today kind of ruined it for me. My puppies were playing and a really rude lady asked me what kind of dogs they were. (They are both pit bulls) After i told her she started kind of following my dogs around and then when Mia got ran past her playing with another dog i watched her pretened to fall over and then told me she was going to kick my dog. First of all, my dog weighs 20lbs. She can not knock over a 160lb woman. Second, i will fight for my babies. And When i tried to call the park to tell someone about it the office was closed. It isnt there fault. I just think they should always have a ranger avalible in case of things like this. I will probably find a new...