Frick Park

Frick park has so many different things to offer for all of the different actives you could be interested in. From taking runs with my parter to walking my hyperactive dog, Frick park is a beautiful place to do them. There are many different areas and entrances to Frick park, you can park by CMU and go down the long spiral hills to get to the waiting pond.

Love love love Frick Park! There are so many gorgeous trails that are good for hiking, running, walking your dog, etc. Not only is the park amazing but the amenities surrounding Frick are wonderful as well, such as the art museum. This is my favorite spot in Pittsburgh and it is always such a treat to visit!

Running here is awesome. There are so many trails, creeks, and hills (which I have a running love/​hate relationship with). It’s beautiful here, and there’s so much of it. Places like this are why I love living in SWPA :).

When I was searching for my first Pittsburgh apartment, I randomly happened upon a delightful two-​bedroom with reasonable rent and lots of space in a neighborhood called Regent Square. I’d visited the area on a date once and knew it to be close to lots of my favorite parts of the city, but I had no idea what a treat I was in for living so near to Frick Park! Very soon I began venturing into the park alone or with my roommate at the time for exhilarating runs on one of the many trails or walking shortcuts to other neighborhoods in the east end. If you take the tranquil trail from Braddock you end up in Point Breeze near the business district and the delightful Frick Park Market, or if you go cut straight across the park you end up in Squirrel Hill. We attended the First Fridays in the Frick concert series once and thoroughly enjoyed it! There was wine, delicious picnic fare, and tasteful, polite people… I forgot I was in Pittsburgh for a few minutes. I love how Frick Park strikes the perfect balance between wild and urban or family-​oriented and perfectly quiet. There is truly something for everyone in this gem of a park, and I’m grateful to have discovered it so soon after coming to the city.

I love living next to Frick Park. This park is absolutely massive and so lovely.
Overall, I feel like there are typically fewer people here than Schenley Park, but there are often big events near the Blue Slide Park. The A-​Z Alphabet Trails in September feature arts, crafts, experiments, performances, and fun for kids, and it is all provided by local non-​profits. Shakespeare in the Park also performs here.
Personally, I spend most of my time at the dog park and walking on the trails. After recently returning from hiking in the Rocky mountains, I would say that anyone can do any of the trails here. They are very well-​traveled and not too steep. However, most are not very well-​marked, which is just a caution. I often discover new trails by accident, which is kind of fun. Many people bike and let their dogs run off-​leash so be cognizant of other people.
The dog parks are very nice. There are two different ones, at least that I know of. Both have some shade and benches to sit on, and there are always quite a few dogs for your puppies to play with! Most of the dogs are bigger, but there are small dogs too sometimes.
Overall, a great park in Pittsburgh.

By far one of the best parks I’ve ever been too. Everyone is very respectful when it comes to themselves, and their dogs, and the park alone is a great clean environment!

I regularly walk through Frick Park. The River View Trail loop is a nice ~1 mile hike, with a giant hill to climb (unless you know the shortcut along the dog park, in which it’s just a moderate hill).
Every time I wander off the River View Trail loop, I get lost for hours. If you end up at the bottom of the hill near Swissvale, you’re going to have a grueling uphill hike to get back home! This park is a ginormous city park, sometimes you’ll find yourself in areas where you an’t hear the cars, or even other people. There’s also a decent quantity of open space and an off leash dog park. Plenty for everyone to enjoy.

Love this park. The nine mile run trail goes all the way to Duck Hollow, PA. Clay tennis courts, soccer fields and two baseball diamonds = fun.

Awesome park! Lots of trails to chose from and red clay tennis courts!

This park is legit. Miles and miles of running trails, biking trails. Multiple dog parks and creeks. The trails feel like you’re actually in the woods instead of your standard urban park development. I feel so lucky to have this in the city.
EDIT: I should also add that I’ve never felt threatened here in the year I’ve spent wandering the park.

So, I only explored a small percentage of this place and it was fantastic. The playgrounds were nice, and there was a dedicated one for smaller small people. The people were super friendly, and the older folks who were lawn bowling were desperate to teach others; I only wish I had more time to learn. Pittsburgh, every time I visit you I end up hating you just a little less.

First time here… Great biking nice single track had a good pedal today! Got a little confusing As to where to go, most trails all lead to each other nice downhills and good inclines… Will definitely be back to explore more trails.

Frick Park is fantastic. It is the perfect terrain to run, bike, or walk. The elevation varies immensely and the trails are well paved. I like to go here in the mornings where the weather is nice and cool, especially when you’re on the lower side of elevation, where it is noticeably cooler. The signs in Frick are helpful but I am afraid of getting lost. Keep a map on you just in case.

What I love the most about Frick Park is the sheer size of it — and the options for people of all shapes and sizes. Whether bike riding, dog walking, hiking, or walking — there’s a trail for everyone. There are also playgrounds and picnic shelters for kids and families looking to get outside. I’m not a huge fan of the man-​made paths — feels less like a walk in the woods and more like a rough sidewalk — but they certainly create the opportunity for a low-​impact walk. I also love the little areas throughout where stumps have been gathered into little steps, benches are perched on a hillside, or there are just little nooks and crannies to explore. Overall, this is one of the best parks in Pittsburgh!

It’s a lovely park and the problem isn’t with it itself; it’s with the parkgoers.
Simple as this: KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEASH.
I know, I know, your dog is different, it doesn’t need a leash. It’s not about your dog, it’s about the safety of others and their dogs. Dogs on a leash get more aggressive toward dogs that aren’t on one because they are more protective of their owner when they’re on the leash. If you have your dogs just romping down a narrow trail without a leash they’re going to run into another dog eventually.
You aren’t special. You think the rules don’t apply to you, but they do. Pittsburgh Police should have a plain clothes officer walking the trails handing out the $ 300 citations all the leash law signs in the park that people clearly cannot read.
The exercise areas in the fenced dog park area are more than enough space to play hours of fetch with your dogs, you shouldn’t be doing it in the grassy areas next to the trail.
Today alone I saw a husky, a rot, two german shepherds, and countless bigger mixes off leash outside the dog park on the trails. You’re going to get someone hurt or another dog hurt; and it’s going to be the dogs that suffer most because the city can’t force you to be put down instead.
Get over yourselves.

Okay, I’ll admit it. On this here occasion today I took about a five minute walk into the park to legitimize my check in so I could get the «Tree Hugger» badge. I feel no shame in picking up my badge because I’m no stranger this park. I’ve hiked these trails with my dogs. I’ve hiked these trails with my kids as they were growing up. I’ve ran trail through here with the Hash House Harriers and peddled my bike through here on numerous occasions. I’ve even umpired little league baseball games here. This is an awesome park to get away from it all and we as Pittsburghers are luck to have it. So hey, take a break from your rat race and come hug a tree here sometime.

Frick Park is literally one of the best parks I’ve been to. It’s soooo huge, and has so many different trails to choose from to hike and explore. Some are more hilly than others, but I absolutely love running here and getting lost in it. And there are always people running and dog walkers hanging out even in the middle of the weekday. It’s the perfect place to check out on a nice day.

So many routes and trails to take through the park. Love mountain biking here. The crushed limestone is great for running on too. The dogs love it here.

I love Frick Park. I practically grew up there. There are so many different parts of Frick Park. I no longer live in walking distance and have to drive a long way to get there.
Now my kids love it, the dog loves it, and of course I still love it there. A total getaway, and a means of vigorous activity that we enjoy every minute of.
The only reason I left out a star is because of my own bias. I believe it was better in the early 80’s with the old iron and steel slides and wooden/​rubber swings, the stairs on the trails made of logs, and the streams were wider and deeper. I kind-​of liked when the trails were not so maintained. You sort of felt like you were discovering everything before. I swear the blue slide was longer, but it’s probably just that I was much smaller. Please don’t crucify me for that last star… Doesn’t everyone prefer things the way they use to be?

Great park for kids and dogs and running and walking and watching the change of seasons. I really like it when I see the cross country skiing tracks in the winter!