Shale Hollow Park

If you love Shale Hollow Park, come see how one of Preservation Parks of Delaware County's future parks is shaping up, tonight, June 8 from 4-7 pm at Orange Friends Church. Planned amenities include trails, natural play area, farm-themed playground, and much more!
This is a public open house, so come spend as little or as much time as you would like and give us your feedback.

MCCAMMON CREEK PARK CONCEPT MASTER PLAN PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

You are invited to a public open house to view plans for a new park property, McCammon Creek Park on Bale-Kenyon Road, home to Delaware County’s Bicentennial Barn.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022
4-7 p.m.
Orange Friends Church
3467 East Orange Road, Lewis Center

This open house is an opportunity to view the planned facilities and habitat restoration projects including the conceptual master plan for the 234-acre site. Attendees may drop in at any time to see the plan and speak to staff members.
The new park site consists of gently rolling topography, mature woods, prairies, streams, and access to Alum Creek. Proposed park amenities include a trail system, restored forests, renovated Bicentennial barn for year round rental, farm-themed playground, fishing access and an adventure exercise area.

Exhibits shown at the open house will be available on the park district website.
For more information about the open house, please email [email protected].

Preservation Parks is on the ballot this November. Learn more at https://preservationparks.com/news-publications/

Expanding county parks - Delaware Gazette Preservation Parks of Delaware County plans to purchase an estimated 722 acres of parks and trails and accelerate the purchase of another 472 acres in Tren

April 25 - Shale Hollow Park is closed today due to an emergency.
There is no danger to neighbors.

UPDATE: Hollow Park will remain closed to visitors Monday, April 26, while law enforcement continues its search for a missing woman.
No foul play is suspected.

Please consider taking this survey to help guide potential land acquisition and park development decisions. Your input is greatly appreciated!

𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩! 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘼 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤, 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝘼 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 (𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 5 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚!) 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 21!

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Shale Hollow Park will be closed October 28 – 29 to allow a contractor to remove several hazardous trees around the natural play area and McKay Lodge. The trees are affected with needle cast, a fungal disease among spruce trees that causes the needles to turn brown and fall.

UPDATE: The park is back open as of 5 pm. Be sure to also check out other nearby parks like Deer Haven Park or Emily Traphagen to help prevent overcrowding!

Shale Hollow Park is closed temporarily this afternoon, Oct. 17, due to overcrowding. We will be able to reopen once the crowds thin out. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Welcome to Shale Hollow Park! We appreciate your patience as we navigate record-setting attendance during the summer of 2020. Our park police have been monitoring the parking availability and we apologize to anybody who has needed to wait to enter the park.

Shale Hollow regularly reaches its peak attendance from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., meaning that visiting at this time may mean waiting 10-15 minutes for an available parking spot.

We also want to remind our visitors that dogs are not permitted on the overlook trail or in the natural exploration area. This is for the safety of both our guests and for the wildlife that have built their nests around the trail.

Thank you all for your patience and we hope to see you out on the trails soon!

Beautiful pic of the creek, Ed! Thanks.

Shale Hollow park with the clouds receding will be full of stark shadows from the overhanging trees. Its creek, full of Ohio shale, widens enough to truly appreciate its view; close your eyes and its flow will send its distinct babbling to your ears.

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