The Park
The nature preserve, managed by the Open Land Conservancy, is named for George Horimer Lorimer, longtime editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Lorimer, a resident of Wyncote, was a passionate conservationist during his lifetime.
The Walks
The Lorimer Preserve is an ideal spot for a walk of less than an hour. The short, interconnecting maze of trails offer a pleasing mix of open fields and woods. The walking is easy throughout with many flat stretches, especially in the fields. There is no map or trail markings but you should not need to call out the St. Bernards to help you back to the car.
Where The Paw Meets The Earth: The paths are almost all paw-pleasing grass
Workout For Your Dog - Two terrace-like park sections connected by short downhills
Swimming - Two ponds are on the property; the woods pond is always filled and ready for your water-loving dog but the field pond, the larger of the two, is subject to the vagaries of drought
Restrictions On Dogs - None
Something Extra
The best stick-fetching pond in greater Philadelphia. Tucked into a hollow in the woods, the pond is scarcely 25 yards across at any point. Your dog can swim across the pond to retrieve a stick and meet you on the other side as you circle the water on land.
Phone - None
Website - None
Admission Fee - None
Directions - Paoli, Chester County; the main entrance is on North Valley Road, north of Swedesford Road. Turn right into the small parking lot up the hill from the bridge across Valley Creek.
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I would like to make it clear that the text and photograph provide false information. The George Lorimer Preserve is a private Nature Preserve (not a "Park"), and subject to Township ordinances that prohibit off-leash dogs on private property, with offenders subject to a $1,000 fine. The Conservancy works with the Police Department to enforce this ordinance. Leashed dogs and their owners are welcome as long as they stay on the trails, and most certainly keep out of the ponds. Visitors should respect the wildlife habitat and the safety of others.
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