Moss-Wright Park — Attraction in Goodlettsville

I want to reaffirm Renee Miller’s post. I have a complaint, although this park is beautiful. I also don’t think this is the park’s fault, but it’s the fault of the owners that bring their dogs up there. My dog has been attacked there twice. I am extremely concerned about the second incident. There was a skinny man with dark/black hair and some facial hair that had what I believed to be a Belgium Malnois. His dog looked very similar to a German Shepard. His dog flat out attaked my dog and my dog welped in pain. He didn’t say nothing, he let it happen, didn’t call his dog off, didn’t move a muscle, and sat on his hands on a bench. I had to call his dog off my dog and intervene. No apology and a female tried to make comments to make an excuse for that type of behavior to me and made a comment “don’t baby your dog.” You’re supposed to baby your animals. It’s not okay for people to continue to bring dogs to that dog park knowing their dogs have a propensity to be dangerous or are aggressive. There is a sign when you enter the park that clearly states that. Also, I think it may be illegal under TN law for an owner to let their dog go uncontrolled on property open to the public and let alone go through with an attack on another person’s dog and sit there and do NOTHING. See TCA 44-8-408 (b). I will not take my dog to that park again because I don’t feel my dog is safe or even myself if a dog were to try to attack me. I’m also lucky his dog didn’t attack me as well and the person I was with picked my dog up to get her out of the park while I was calling...

Beware taking your dogs here. Our dog has been attacked here TWICE. Once by a gray pit bull whose owner is a older blonde haired lady that says she used to be on the show Hee Haw and a very large sandy haired blonde lady with a mixed dog. Both these women’s dogs ganged up and attacked our dog at once and neither one of them tried to get their dogs off our dog. They didn’t apologize or anything. Then today our dog was attacked AGAIN by a A dog that looked like a Belgian Malinoise whose owner was a younger thin man with dark hair and a foreign accent. His dog attacked our dog. Our dog was yelling in pain while his dog was on top of our dog biting her and growling and snarling . All the while he just sat on the bench and never moved or said a word. We told him he shouldn’t bring a mean dog in the park and his girlfriend who was a younger red haired lady with tattoos screamed at us and said we shouldn’t baby our dog. They did not apologize or anything. We will NOT be taking our dog back here. It is NOT safe! I think it may be illegal under TN law for an owner to allow their dog to go uncontrolled on property open to the public. The sign on the gate clearly states do not bring aggressive dogs in but people obviously still do!...

From all the parks in Nashville metro area, Moss-Wright Park is my favorite. It's a 147 acres park with many athletic fields, a well maintained and entertaining cluster of playgrounds for children of different ages, enough parking for visitors, and in my opinion, the best trail in the area.

I feel safe going on my own, and in the company of my family. The paved trail is partially shaded by trees and goes mostly parallel to the creek. Bicycles and dogs are not allowed on the trail. However, on each visit, I see at least one person breaking the rules.

We like running, going for nature walks, and doing scavenger hunts. It is peaceful and offers the opportunity to watch some birds, squirrels, chipmunks, and groundhogs; plus the diversity of trees and wildflowers. Bringing a bag of nuts is a must because the squirrels will approach you expecting to be fed. LOL

The only downside is that the trail does not connect, and you'll have to walk through the parking lots/park's roads to get back to where you started. It also gets pretty crowded during game's seasons.

In addition, the historic Mansker Station is located inside the park. And there's a visitor's center next to it where they have a weekly farmer's market on Thursdays....