Middletown Reopens Levels Road Dog Park; Fountains Winterized, Wednesday Closures Continue

Middletown reopened Levels Road Dog Park at Charles Price Memorial Park, 900 Levels Road, after city crews completed scheduled maintenance and repairs, the town announced in a municipal notice dated Feb. 17, 2026. The town’s statement said it communicates reopening logistics, rule reminders and contact information in the notice.

The park had been closed following a Town of Middletown Facebook post on Jan. 23 that said the Levels Road Dog Park would close on Sunday, Jan. 25 and “will remain closed until further notice.” That social post drew 18 reactions, 3 comments and 8 shares; commenters included Mary Sauder Rockey asking, “Any chance it is open yet?” and Georgianna Hendricks Mullen writing, “Hopefully opening again when it gets warmer. My fur baby loves it there.” Justin Jones, labeled a “Top fan” on the page, commented, “I was thinking the same… this doesn't read as ‘due to impending winter storm’.”

Operational details motorists and walkers use include a standing Wednesday maintenance window: the Town’s dog park page says the Levels Road Dog Park is closed every Wednesday from 7 a.m. to noon for grass cutting, spraying and other upkeep. The same Town page notes the park can close during snowstorms or flooding and that the Town will post closures on its site as soon as possible. A 2009 Middletown Transcript article described the park’s original public hours as daily from dawn to dusk.

Park facilities remain the same size and layout described at opening: the dog park includes a five-acre fenced area for large dogs and a three-acre fenced area for small dogs, with benches for owners and water fountains for dogs noted in the original coverage. The Town’s web page reports the water fountains were winterized on Dec. 4 (year not specified) and will be off until spring. Levels Road Dog Park sits inside the 100-acre Charles Price Memorial Park, which features an eight-acre catch-and-release pond, walking trails, six pavilions and playgrounds.

Directions posted by the Town guide drivers from downtown Middletown: take Del. 299 out to U.S. 301, make a left onto 301, pass the Wal-Mart SuperCenter on the right, then turn left onto Del. 15 (Levels Road); the park is on the right at the curve toward St. Anne's Church Road. The Town site also instructs walkers that to complete a two-mile loop, “start at the entrance of the park on Levels Road and make one full circle around the walking trails.”

Community memory of the park’s popularity is longstanding: Kristen Krenzer, the Town’s public relations officer in 2009, said, “The dog park has been very popular.” Clayton resident Janet Chandler, a dog park user quoted in 2009, said, “It’s all gated off. There’s no traffic. They [her dogs] don’t like leashes, but love to run.” For questions, a public listing for the park provides a contact phone at (302) 378-5670. The Feb. 17 municipal notice did not list a full contact block in the supplied excerpt.