NOTICE
Allen County Park staff have, unfortunately, been finding dead deer at our parks due to EHD (Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease). Hemorrhagic Disease (HD) primarily affects white-tailed deer and is causing a significant mortality event in northern Indiana. Sheep, cows, and goats are also susceptible. It is important to note that humans and dogs are not affected by this disease. According to Joe Caudell, head of the IDNR deer program, hunters that kill a deer and eat the meat are still not affected. Click Here for a brief article on this disease. If you come across an infected deer please let the Nature Center staff or gate attendants know of the location and we will report the sighting to the IDNR.
Information relating to ALL Allen County Parks
PAYTON COUNTY PARK IS A “PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT” PARK. The message is simple: whatever you bring in, you are responsible for bringing out.
- DOGS PLEASE KEEP YOUR HUMANS ON A LEASH. WE LOVE YOUR HUMAN BUT ALL HUMANS MUST BE ON A LEASH AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DOG THAT BROUGHT THEM.
- FIREWORKS OF ANY KIND ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN ANY ALLEN COUNTY PARK!
- ALCOHOL, OF ANY KIND, IS NOT PERMITTED IN ANY ALLEN COUNTY PARK! COOLERS ARE SUBJECT TO SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
Location:
13928 Dunton Road (between Hathaway and Gump Roads).
Payton County Park is located in northern Allen County just east of State Road 3. With it’s mix of open fields, woodlands, and wetlands provides the solitude and quiet of the rural countryside. Several miles of hiking trails through 40 acres of old field, forest and wetland areas make this small park a wonderful addtional to the Allen County Park system.
Other park amenities include:
- picnic shelter
- playground
- porta john
- small pond
- picnicing
- paved trails connect to Pufferbelly Trail
