Best Dog Friendly Parks In San Francisco Near Me

4worldlovers: Mission Bay Parks offers beautiful public parks and recreational opportunities in a dynamic, new neighborhood. Located on the edge of San Francisco Bay, it’s a place for everyone to enjoy.

Today you’ll find shoreline parks, pocket parks, kids’ parks, and even parks made just for dogs. When completed, the Mission Bay Parks system will include 40 acres of planned open space.

A one-of-a-kind park for tots to school-aged children that’s united around natural themes of water, exploration and discovery.

It’s all about dogs and fun featuring an expansive gravel play area, trees, dog water fountains, seating and more.

A great new addition to Mission Bay Parks featuring a dog play area with a ton of tail-wagging amenities.

An idyllic tree-lined park cradles each side of Mission Creek with areas of respite, recreation and events spaces.

A favorite place for lunch, lounging, meet-ups and casual sports, with on-leash dog walking.

Featuring an expansive sundrenched lawn with a trellis-shaded plaza where people of all ages can play and enjoy.

Bordering the Chase Center Campus, this park offers visitors places to relax, picnic, play chess + shoot hoops.

Our pocket parks, pathways and green places provide a respite to relax with green relief from the urban landscape.

As a perfect venue for an event, the Pavilion features floor-to-ceiling windows with great views of Mission Creek.

4worldlovers: The 200ft high bluffs on the most western edge of San Francisco, Fort Funston is one of the premier hang-gliding spots in the country. Networking trails make it ideal for accessible hiking, horseback riding, and dog walking. Please be advised that if your pet gets stuck on the bluffs, do not go after it, the risk of falling is greater for you than your pet.

Keep a close eye on the kids, as the surf and undertow are extremely dangerous.

Be aware that it's a steep, strenuous hike down to the beach and back up.

The loop trails at Fort Funston are paved and wheelchair-accessible; the trails down to the beach are not.

Help grow native plants for vital restoration projects in our parks; volunteer at the Fort Funston Native Plant Nursery.

4worldlovers: The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department rolled out improvements to the Waller Street Skate Park today—a project spearheaded by local skaters who helped shape its inclusive design that honors its street skateboarding roots.

The Recreation & Park Department broke ground on renovations at Herz Playground in Visitacion Valley on Monday as part of the Let’sPlaySF! initiative that is delivering creative play spaces to children across San Francisco.

San Francisco Recreation and Park Commissioners today voted unanimously to approve changing the name of Visitacion Valley Playground to Yik Oi Huang Peace & Friendship Park. The name honors the memory of a neighborhood grandmother and community advocate.

The wildly popular Stern Grove Festival—the Bay Area’s longest running outdoor concert series—will return on June 12 to the historic park, located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in the city’s Sunset District.

Largest park in San Francisco’s urban core to open in nearly 40 years, Francisco Park includes panoramic views, community gardens, and community space for children and dogs.

A ground mural featuring a golden roller skate surrounded by a psychedelic pattern may add new color to a legendary skating spot in Golden Gate Park after the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission voted unanimously to approve the final design.

City officials gathered with community members and dragon boat racers at Lake Merced today to say ahoy to a new boat dock and gangway that allows safer recreation for seniors and people with disabilities and ensures future access for the public.

Young children at nine San Francisco child care centers and family child care homes are enjoying green outdoor play spaces after community volunteers worked multiple weekends to create natural play spaces that allow children to explore their world.

Juri Commons reopened following a $1.9 million renovation honoring the Mission District park’s railroad history, featuring a redesign with new plantings, an improved play space for children, grass for dogs, & an adult exercise area with fitness equipment.

With a design inspired by its wooded surroundings, a nature play area to spark creativity, and a dramatic spiral tower soaring above it all, the newly-renovated playground at Golden Gate Heights Park has opened to the public.

A new photo library at the Harvey Milk Photo Center will be named for legendary photographer David Johnson, who chronicled Black life in San Francisco in the mid-twentieth century, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today.

Esprit Park is one step closer to a $7.7 million renovation designed to balance the needs of its growing Dogpatch community—from families to fitness enthusiasts to dogs and their people, the SF Rec & Park Department and UC San Francisco announced today.

Two of San Francisco’s indoor pools are poised to welcome back lap swimmers with reservations and all pools will reopen by mid-June, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. SF Rec and Park to open pools citywide by summer.

The SF Recreation & Park Commission Thursday approved the concept design for the new Herz Recreation Center Project, which includes a new 11,500 square foot recreation center with an indoor basketball court, a multi-purpose room, restrooms, and an office.

Special to today’s announcement will be SkyStar and SF Rec and Park’s offer to all San Francisco public school graduating seniors to take a free ride on the Wheel this summer beginning June 2 through Sept. 6; students will need to show their SFUSD ID.

San Francisco’s largest fenced dog park will re-open Saturday, February 6 following a $2.4 million renovation that includes separate areas where big and small dogs can safely frolic, natural elements to climb and jump, and a new surface to run and play.

A plan to rehabilitate a long-vacant bayside lot in San Francisco’s India Basin and turn it into a waterfront park took a step forward with the allocation of a $5 million grant toward tidal restoration and site cleanup.

A plan to revitalize a network of waterfront open space in the city’s southeast by rehabilitating and uniting several poorly conditioned existing open spaces into a single, seamless design received approval by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors today.

4worldlovers: The rumors are true. Golden Gate Park is as fantastic as they say. Explore this iconic park’s 1,017 acres, from bucolic lakes and meadows to vibrant activity destinations. Golden Gate Park has something for everyone.

Golden Gate Park Car-Free Route In an effort to create safer spaces for everyone to enjoy our parks, we're providing a virtually car-free route from one end of the park to the other. Find out more

Visit our Accessibility Questions page for more information on accessibility resources in our parks, including Golden Gate Park.