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California’s beautiful Central Valley offers pet lovers a wide range of fun, pet friendly recreational facilities, restaurants, stores, nature trails, and hotels to choose from. Local cities feature a variety of great leash-free dog runs, and state parks like the San Luis Reservoir Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park are also popular playgrounds for free roaming pets. While pets are welcome at a variety of California’s parks and open spaces, be sure to obey all leash laws, posted or not.

Dog Parks & Play Places in Modesto.

Our Modesto, California pet friendly hotel also offers a few large and open places to take your dog for leash-free fun. While the city itself is still working on creating more designated leash-free dog parks, dog lovers can still find plenty of open spaces for dogs to roam free and play in places like Patterson. www.westsidedogpark.com.

Patterson’s Dog Park.

This wide, open dog park features a grassy dog run, doggie drinking fountains and a play area with hurdles, stairs, a rest station, tunnels, tire hoops, a balance beam, and a fire hydrant. www.westsidedogpark.com/Patterson.html

Prescott Ave Dog Park.

This grassy park is fully fenced and allows off-leash dogs to frolic and play the day away

CR Ranch Pet-O-Tel.

This pet boarding kennel features a fabulous grassy, fenced play arena where dogs can safely run, play and use the agility equipment. Day visitors are welcome for a minimal charge. Proof of vaccines required. Open daily, dawn to dusk. www.crranchpetotel.com [Top]

Dog Parks in Sacramento.

Sacramento is a dog lover’s paradise, offering more than seven off-leash dog parks to choose from. This pet friendly city is also abundant with a wide range of specialty pet stores, dog friendly restaurants, hotels, and more. cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/parks/dogpark1.htm

Granite Dog Park.

This 2-acre, fenced dog park is the perfect place to let your four legged friends roam free. Highlights of the park include grassy areas, benches, doggie disposal bags, and a convenient water spigot for dogs. Open daily, 5am-10pm.

Glenbrook Dog Park.

Dogs of all sizes will enjoy this 1-acre dog park that features a long run turf area, drinking fountains for dogs, mature shade trees, a shaded seating area, and picnic tables.

Partner Park.

This pet boarding kennel features a fabulous grassy, fenced play arena where dogs can safely run, play and use the agility equipment. Day visitors are welcome for a minimal charge. Proof of vaccines required. Open daily, dawn to dusk. www.crranchpetotel.com [Top]

San Francisco Dog Parks.

San Francisco is a virtual Mecca for dog lovers, from the more than 100,000 dogs living in the city to thousands of visitors bringing their dogs with them each day. San Francisco features eight fabulous dog friendly parks, many that are completely off-leash. Visit www.sfdogparks.com for more information.

Golden Gate Park.

This famous San Francisco landmark allows leashed dogs throughout most of the park, with four specially designated off-leash areas where you can let your dog run free. You can get a map of the park that shows the designated off leash areas at www.sfgate.com/traveler/acrobat/maps/1999/ggparkmap.pdf.

Bernal Heights Dog Park.

This open, grassy park overlooks the city and features 39 acres of off-leash dog heaven. The scenery within this park isn’t much to shout about, but the views of San Francisco and the Bay and the expanse of dog friendly open space make it worth the visit.

Buena Vista Park.

Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest park and is one of the most wooded areas in the city, offering residents and visitors an escape from the busy city streets. This fabulous, wooded off-leash park offers paved and dirt hiking trails that wind through the trees, and features fabulous views of the Golden Gate Bridge, St. Ignatius Church, and the Marin headlands from the top of the hill. [Top]

Pet Friendly California Parks, Recreational Areas and Forests.

All of California’s National Parks and Forests allow pets on their trails and wilderness areas, including Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Park, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Napa Valley State Park, Colusa-Sacramento River State Park, Redwood National Park and more. Dog owners must carry current rabies vaccination certificates in order to enter State and National Parks with their dogs.

San Luis Reservoir.

The San Luis Reservoir Recreation Area is a large lake and campground nestled in the grassy hills of the western San Joaquin Valley. With a wide range of fun outdoor activities, like boating, fishing, sail boarding, camping, and picnicking, the San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area is a popular tourist destination. Leashed dogs are allowed in the campgrounds, picnic areas and open spaces at this State Park, in addition to a few open trails where visitors can hike with their leashed dogs. www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=558