Dog Parks
Bellevue
- Robinswood Park includes an off-leash area, 148th Ave SE. (http://www.off-leash.org/gpage1.html)
- Edmonds
- Edmonds Marina includes an off-leash area on southern-most tip, 498 Admiral Way (http://www.olae.org/)
- Everett
- Kasch Park, 8811 Airport Rd. (http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=547)
- Howarth Park, 1127 Olympic Blvd. (http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=541)
- Lowell Riverfront Park, Lowell-Snohomish River Rd (http://www.everettwa.org/default.aspx?ID=553)
- Mercer Island
- Luther Burbank Park, 2040 84th Ave SE (http://www.mercergov.org/Page.asp?NavID=1138 and http://www.off-leash.org/gpage.html)
- Mountlake Terrace
- Mountlake Terrace Dog Park, 53rd Ave W & 228th St SW (http://www.mltdog.org/)
- Redmond
- Marymoor Park includes a 40-acre off-leash area, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE (http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/inventory/marymoor.aspx)
- SeaTac / Kent / Des Moines
- Grandview Park includes a 37-acre off-leash area, 3600 S. 228th St (http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/park/grandview.htm)
- Seattle
- Blue Dog Pond (Beacon Hill) at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and S Massachusetts St (http://www.coladog.org/node/9)
- Dr. Jose Rizal (North Beacon Hill), 1008 12th Ave S (http://www.coladog.org/node/10)
- Genesee (Columbia City), at the intersection of 46th Ave S and S Genesee St (http://www.coladog.org/node/11)
- Golden Gardens (Ballard), 8498 Seaview Place NW (http://www.coladog.org/node/12)
- I-5 Colonnade (Eastlake), south of E Howe St between Lakeview Blvd and Franklin Ave E (http://www.coladog.org/node/14)
- Magnuson (Sand Point), on Lake Washington at the old Sandpoint Naval Station at approximately 65th and Sandpoint Way (http://www.coladog.org/node/13)
- Northacres (Haller Lake), N 130th St west of I-5 (http://www.coladog.org/node/15)
- Plymouth Pillars Park (Capitol Hill), at the intersection of Boren Ave and Pike St above I-5 (http://www.coladog.org/node/16)
- Regrade (Belltown), southwest corner of 3rd Ave and Bell St (http://www.coladog.org/node/17)
- Westcrest Park (West Seattle), 8806 8th Ave SW (http://www.coladog.org/node/18)
- Woodland Park (Phinney Ridge), southeast corner of Woodland Park at the intersection of Aurora Ave N and N 59th St (http://www.coladog.org/node/19 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodlandCOLA/)
- Tacoma
- Rogers Park, 3300 East L St (http://www.tacomadogpark.com/)
- Get involved
- Sound Hounds (http://soundhounds.org/) is a "Puget Sound group focused on park development, outreach, and fundraising to enable the construction of the first of many off-leash dog-parks in the South Sound region."
- Citizens For Off-Leash Areas (COLA) (http://www.coladog.org/) is "a non-profit that was formed to obtain and maintain off-leash dog exercise areas in Seattle."
- People for Off-Leash Recreation (POLR) (http://www.off-leash.org/) is an organization of dog owners that "seeks to protect, enhance and expand off leash recreation oportunities for responsible dog owners, recognizing that off leash interactions and exercise are crucial for the socialization and physical well being of our dogs. Through advocacy and education, our goal is respectful coexistence with other park users, by training, supervising and maintaining appropriate conduct of dogs off leash in designated areas." It is not limited to a certain geographic area, but has thus far worked primarily in Bellevue and Mercer Island.
- Protect Our Pets (POP) (http://www.parkdogs.com/) is "an organization founded to establish and fund an off leash area for dogs in Fort Steilacoom Park" in Tacoma.
- Select sources:
- Citizens For Off-Leash Areas (COLA). http://www.coladog.org/
- People for Off-Leash Recreation (POLR) http://www.off-leash.org/