Pennypack Park closed at night for deer reduction

Pennypack Park will be closed daily from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through March 31 to ensure public safety when deer-control activities are conducted.

Trails, parking lots and other areas in the park will be closed to all pedestrian, bicycle, equestrian and vehicular traffic.

The Wissahickon Valley, West Fairmount Park and Cobbs Creek Park areas of the Fairmount Park system will also be closed during those times as marksmen cull the deer population. ••