Upcoming and Improved Parks

The City of Milton will get its first dog park very soon. It will be called Tails N Trails Dog Park. Many volunteer hours and donations are making this dog park possible. They currently have a list of donors on the city website.

The new dog park will be located in Moblie, Alabama at Medal of Honor Park. Currently, they are doing fund raisers for this park and have the support of the city.

The Bark Park will be located at George Ward Park. They hope to have fencing and open this park by early 2009. The local community is doing fund raisers and events to support this dog park. Check out the Alabama page for more details and the announcements of events in that area.

The Rice Ranch Community Dog Park is being built along with the new housing development and new park in this area. It is all still under construction. This is in Santa Barbara county and will be fully fenced with a section for large and small dogs. Let us know if you go visit it and have more information.

Horsham Dog Park is in Kohler Park located in the great Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania. The park opened Saturday October 25, 2008 and is supported by a local non-profit, Friends of Horsham Dog Park, Inc.

Lincoln Dog Park just opened a couple of months ago in June 2008 officially. It is time to check out the new dog park if you are in the area.

Three dog parks have been approved in Washington DC after years of leash laws were changed in 2008 and now allow the Park District to legal build dog parks. The most recent location to be approved for a new dog park is Kingsman Field. This dog park will be built in 2009.

The Kernersville Dog Park just opened. This dog park was officially named the Vivian F. Bennett Memorial Dog Park. Many hours of hard work and fundraising went into the creation of this park and now it is time for fun.

Pompano Beach Dog Park was just approved by the city. The location has been set for near the airport. We hope to keep this dog park updated as to its progress and opening date. It usually takes a few months to a year to get the fences up and the turf down before the dog park can open but it is coming....

Wellington Dog Park in Kentucky just opened a few weeks ago in early Fall 2008. The city is still adding amenities like shade trees. But we hear that the dogs are enjoying it already even without the finishing touches.

McAllister is the City of San Antonio's second dog park. I hear these parks are bright happy places for dogs with a lot to do.

The American Canyon dog park just opened in September 2008 and their brand new Veterans Memorial Park. The park still may get more amenities like permanent bathroom facilities. This could be a fun new place to check out.

This off-leash dog park has just renovated its parking lot. This park has three big lakes where your dogs can enjoy swimming. There is a bike trail and walking trail for about a 2 miles around this forest reserve. If you want to learn more about this park, go to this website: http://www.dupageforest.com/preserves/eastbranch.html
And if you want to learn more off-leash dog parks in Dupage County of Illinois, check out this website: http://www.dupageforest.com/recreation/dogs/dogs.html

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Baytown Dog Park will be the newest park in the Houston area. It is still in the building phase; but it has been fully approved. There is a group taking tax deductible donations for the creation of this park.

Meadowbrook Dog Park in the Tehachapi and Golden Hills area of Kern County near Bakersfield, California is finally open. The grand opening was late September 2008. I am sure there are many happy dogs in the area.

This dog park is in the planning stage as of September 2008. Violet Township says they believe it will cost about $110,000 to install a 4 acre park at the proposed location. The community needs to raise half of the funds and the township says they have the other half of the funding.

This dog park is fully approved and under construction. Check back to see when it opens.

This dog park had a lot of community support and just opened in Vermont. It is one of the few fully fenced parks we have found in Vermont and know their will be many happy tails here.

This is Park City's new and improved dog park. It is scheduled to open August 2008 with new wood chips and a drinking fountain.

The City of Sandy believes their first dog park was such a success they are in the process of planning and building a second dog park. We will keep this updated as we get more information on the possible opening date. If you have any more info or live in the area and want to snap a picture of the construction that would be great.

The West Jordan dog park is just opening or about to open. The gates are sometimes locked and sometimes unlocked depending on the condition of the sod. But it is ready for use and its grand opening ceremony should be in October 2008.

Utah has a new park that just opened: South Ogden Dog Park. Their visitors have already give us some pictures. Hooray!

The Regency Dog Park in Sacramento, CA has recently opened. See this city page for the entire development plan.

The Feather River Dog Park of Stockon, CA has been under construction since Nov 2007. This park will open with an agility course, separate dog areas and a art statue.

It has come to our attention that the Fullerton Pooch Park is being improved. The Large Dog Area is getting a small makeover, the grass is getting revitalized. It is always great news when cities value the parks enough to keep the maintenance up.