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Parks for You and Your Dog

revised 3/94 and 5/99

County and Regional Parks

San Mateo County Parks

(650) 363-4020 or the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation website.
Dogs are not allowed in any County Park. There was some talk a few years ago of this changing for certain parks on a trial basis, but we haven't heard anything recently.

     

     

Santa Clara County Parks

(408) 358-3741 or see the Santa Clara County Parks website.
Dogs on leash are allowed on trails and/or in picnic areas only at the following parks. Dogs are not allowed in children's play areas.
  • Almaden Quicksilver County Park (most trails plus Mockingbird Hill picnic area)
  • Anderson Lake County Park
  • Calero Reservoir County Park (limited trails)
  • Coyote Hellyer Park
  • Joseph D. Grant County Park (limited trails)
  • Lexington Reservoir (except trail leading to Sierra Azul Preserve)
  • Penitencia Creek Park Chain
  • Santa Teresa County Park (limited trails)
  • Uvas Canyon, Mount Madonna County Parks
  • Upper Stevens Creek County Park (upper end of Grizzly Flat Trail only)
  • Vasona Lake, Los Gatos Creek Trail County Parks.
Dogs on leash are allowed only in picnic areas at the following parks:
  • Alviso Marina
  • Coyote Lake County Park (campground, picnic area, launch ramp areas)
  • Ed Levin County Park
  • Motorcycle Park
  • Stevens Creek County Park (Villa Maria picnic area and Coyote Ridge Trail)

     

     

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

(650) 691-1200 or see the MROSD website.
Dogs on leash are allowed only in certain portions of the following preserves; must stay on trails. Contact the District for detailed maps and information.
  • Pulgas Ridge
  • St. Joseph's Hill
  • Foothill
  • Windy Hill Preserve: Spring Ridge and Anniversary Trails and connecting trails from Willowbrook & Portola Roads.
  • Fremont Older Preserve: Seven Springs area, reached via Regnart Road

     

East Bay Regional Parks District

(510) 531-9300, ext. 2200 or the EBRPD website
Dogs may be under voice control or on leash in open space and remote, undeveloped parkland areas, and on trails. Leashed dogs are allowed in most parking areas, lawns, concession areas, developed areas, and posted areas. Dogs are not allowed at swimming pools, bathing areas, or designated Nature Areas (i.e northern Tilden Park). Some parks charge an entrance fee for dogs.

     

     

Livermore Area Recreation and Park District

(510) 373-5700 or the LARPD website.
Leashed dogs are allowed at all parks.

     

     

     

     

Marin County Dept. of Parks, Open Space & Cultural Services

(415) 499-6387 (recorded info: 499-6060) or MCOSD website.
Dogs are allowed on leash in all Parks and most Open Space Preserves. Dogs are allowed on trails (may be off leash on fire roads if extremely well-behaved and under total control of owner). Parks are generally small, but the Preserves cover a wide range of little-known ridgelands in eastern part of the county.

     

     

Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD)

(415) 459-0888 or MMWD website.
Leashed dogs are allowed on MMWD trails and service roads. Watershed includes a large area on Mount Tam and hills to the north. (Be aware of the boundary with adjacent Mount Tamaplais State Park, which does not allow dogs).

     

     

Monterey County Parks

(831) 647-7795 or Monterey County Parks website.
Leashed dogs are allowed only in parking lots and picnic areas of Jacks Peak, Laguna Seca, Toro, Royal Oaks, San Lorenzo, and San Antonio Lake County Parks. Seven-foot leash and proof of rabies vaccination required. Dogs are not allowed on park trails.

     

     

Santa Cruz County Parks

(831) 462-8300 or Santa Cruz County Parks website.
Leashed dogs are allowed at all County Parks, except for Highland Park.

     

     

Solano County Regional Parks

(707) 648-4600 or Solano County Regional Parks website.
Leashed dogs are allowed at most parks (carry proof of rabies vaccination).

     

     

Sonoma County Parks

(707) 527-2041 or the Sonoma County Homepage.
Leashed dogs are allowed at all parks, except Shiloh Park in Windsor (closed because of feral pig problems).


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