Rock City Park — Attraction in Town of Allegany

This Rock City Park is very unique. The owner is so friendly and very informative. He answered all the questions I have on the park and its history. I stopped by the restroom before I headed out to begin my adventure with my 2 little pups. The restaurant is a mini-antique store. It is unisex and you can stop while you are in there. LOL The building also sells rocks, souvenir, drinks, etc... This park is very dogfriendly!

The entrance fee was $5 per person; free for dogs. After paying, the entrance to the park is located in the back of the store. Once you exit the store and into the park, I was already standing on rocks - top of the rocks with the rock city park located below. There are large gaps between rocks, and there are little concrete bridge to help you cross from one rock to another. If you have small dogs or children with you, keep both eyes on them, because if they accidentally fall between the rocks, I am not sure if you can rescue them, at least not easily.

I got a little lost and headed to my right until I was at the top of an almost vertical drop staircase, the Indian Stairs. Luckily for me, I came across a couple who climbed up the staircase, and the nice man helped me carry one of my dogs down. On my way back up after finished with exploring park, I found the metal staircase that I should have taken to go down into the park. The metal staircase was pretty steep, too, and it has spaces in the steps. My girls wouldn't have been able to go up or down on either stairs. If you are taking your dog or very young kids, be prepared to carry them up and down these stairs.

I was going backwards on the trail since I took the Indian Stairs down, and because I was traveling backwards on the trail, I missed a lot of the rock formations. I ended up taking a shortcut in order to start close to the beginning as though I came down from the metal staircase. There are small trails that branch off the main trail. Stay on the main trail is a good idea. There is where you will see all the rock formation, and where you are likely to get lost. I used a GPS tracker to track my route so that I was able to find my way back and around.

The rock formations are pretty neat. My favorite is the Balancing Rock, and big foot at the end. One of my dogs was growling at Big Foot. LOL For $5, this park is so worth going to and exploring. It is amazing how big the rocks are. I highly recommend stopping by this park if you are in the area. This park is not wheelchair accessible, and you will need to be in reasonably...

The rocks were beautiful and awe inspiring for sure. I think it would have been a much more magical experience if not for all the political signs both outside and inside, which really soured the experience of driving 2 hours from the city to get out into nature. The $5 entrance fee also felt unnecessary, given that the trail and store seem to be scarcely maintained. Fallen leaves throughout the rock trail could have been raked or blown to the side, they made the trail pretty slippery, and hard to see where you were walking. I did not find the decaying oil drilling equipment scattered throughout the rocks to be as scenic as I think they were intending it to be. The store building was also full of storage. All and all beautiful stop, just could do without all the politics...

If you like being outdoors and seeing unique natural formations, this is for you. The rock formations here are not seen anywhere else. Both access to the trail and the gift shop are very affordable. Many of the gems sold in the gift shop would go for several times the price in other places.

The walking tour itself begins in the gift shop where you will have to pay to enter the trail. The trail begins on top of large boulders. It then descends down between boulders where you have to squeeze through. You will walk to many formations that have been well marked. The tour ends back on top of the boulders.

The nice gentleman said it would take about 45 minutes, but we had a blast and it took us over 2 hours because the place was so...