Dog-friendly parks and trails in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has 192 places in our guide; 131 of them welcome dogs today, 59 of them off-leash. Here are the ones to start with.
Open to dogs now first, then off-leash places and those with a photo.
Dog parkMiyuki Dog ParkOff-leash
Photo by Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dog park808 West Pupvana Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkAlgonquin Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkAmes Humane Society Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkCity of Milpitas Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkCity of Mountain View Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDel Monte Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDiscovery Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Bruzzone ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Cannery ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Cuesta ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Delano Manongs ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Everett N. “Eddie” Souza Park & Community GardenOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Hellyer County ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Hillview ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Hoover ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Larry J. Marsalli ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Muwékma ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Pyramid ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Rengstorff ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Seven Seas ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Winchester Orchard ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Dry CreekOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Morgan HillOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Palo AltoOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in San JoseOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in SaratogaOff-leash
- Dog parkFair Oaks Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkGilroy Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkHart’s Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkHeartland Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkJeffrey Fontana Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkLas Palmas Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkLos Gatos Creek County Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkMary Avenue Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkMcKenzie Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkMixed-Use Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkMorgan Hill Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkNuevo Community Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkOlinder Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkPeers Park Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkPiedmont Road Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkPulte Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkRaleigh Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkRaymond G. Gamma Reed Street Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkRFRD Canine Recreation CenterOff-leash
- Dog parkRoy M. Butcher Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkRyland Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkSaint James Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkSandalwood Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkSaratoga Creek Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkSoFA Pocket ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkThe Standard Apartments' Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkVillage Green Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkWatson Dog ParkOff-leash
ParkCoyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County ParkLeash required
Photo by Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkFremont Older Open Space PreserveLeash required
Photo by David Baron from San Francisco, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkMoitozo ParkLeash required
ParkRiverview ParkLeash required
Photo by Cristiano Tomás, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkTown Plaza ParkLeash required
Photo by roarofthefour, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkUlistac Natural AreaLeash required
Photo by JKehoe_Photos, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- TrailAlec Canyon TrailLeash required
- TrailAlviso Marina PathwayLeash required
- ParkAnderson Lake County ParkLeash required
- TrailAquinas TrailLeash required
- ParkCity Plaza ParkLeash required
- TrailCora Older TrailLeash required
- TrailCreekside TrailLeash required
- TrailDay Use Connector TrailLeash required
- ParkEl Quito ParkLeash required
- ParkFayette GreenwayLeash required
- TrailFern TrailLeash required
- TrailFlume TrailLeash required
- ParkHeintz Open SpaceLeash required
- TrailJohn Nicholas TrailLeash required
- TrailJones TrailLeash required
- TrailKennedy TrailLeash required
- ParkLexington Reservoir County ParkLeash required
- TrailLimekiln TrailLeash required
- TrailLoma Vista TrailLeash required
- TrailLookout Cut Off TrailLeash required
- TrailLookout TrailLeash required
- TrailLower Brothers BypassLeash required
- TrailManzanita TrailLeash required
- TrailMontevina Ridge TrailLeash required
- TrailMontevina RoadLeash required
- TrailNovitiate TrailLeash required
- TrailOak Grove TrailLeash required
- TrailOhlone TrailLeash required
- TrailOverlook TrailLeash required
- TrailPriest Rock TrailLeash required
- TrailRainbow Knoll TrailLeash required
- TrailRanch RoadLeash required
- TrailRange TrailLeash required
- TrailRim TrailLeash required
- TrailSanborn Narrows TrailLeash required
- TrailSaratoga Quarry Park TrailLeash required
- TrailSaratoga to The Skyline TrailLeash required
- TrailSerenity TrailLeash required
- TrailSerpentine TrailLeash required
- TrailSeven Springs Loop TrailLeash required
- TrailSkyline TrailLeash required
- ParkSt. Joseph's Hill Open Space PreserveLeash required
- TrailStevens Creek-Tony Look TrailLeash required
- TrailSwanson Creek TrailLeash required
- TrailTony Look / Stevens Creek TrailLeash required
- TrailToyon TrailLeash required
- TrailUpper Brothers BypassLeash required
- TrailUvas Creek TrailLeash required
- TrailWaterfall Loop TrailLeash required
- TrailWedding TrailLeash required
- TrailWelch Hurst TrailLeash required
- TrailWelch-Hurst TrailLeash required
- ParkWorcester ParkLeash required
ParkAlmaden Winery ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
Photo by EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- ParkArques Place Open SpaceDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- ParkBasking Ridge ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- ParkBruzzone ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailCoyote Ridge TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailEd Willson TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailHarvey Bear Connector TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailHunters Point TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailNessie Seasonal PathDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailOjo de Agua TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- ParkPyramid ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailWoodland Vallley Spur TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- TrailWoodland Vallley TrailDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
- Dog parkCommunications Hill Dog ParkOff-leashA guess from the name
- Dog parkKensington Place Dog ParkOff-leashA guess from the name
- Dog parkKern Avenue Dog ParkOff-leashA guess from the name
- Dog parkLos Altos Hills Dog ParkOff-leashA guess from the name
ParkSaratoga Gap Open Space PreserveNo dogs
TrailSkyline TrailNo dogs
Photo by Zane Schmidlen, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- TrailAlviso Marina BoardwalkNo dogs
- TrailAlviso Marina Main BoardwalkNo dogs
- TrailAlviso Slough TrailNo dogs
- TrailAquila Loop TrailNo dogs
- TrailBay Tree Cutoff TrailNo dogs
- ParkBear Creek Redwoods Open Space PreserveNo dogs
- TrailBear Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailBlack Mountain TrailNo dogs
- TrailCanyon TrailNo dogs
- TrailCharcoal RoadNo dogs
- TrailCoyote TrailNo dogs
- ParkCoyote Valley Open Space PreserveNo dogs
- TrailCreek TrailNo dogs
- TrailDeer Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailFarm Bypass TrailNo dogs
- TrailGrizzly Flat TrailNo dogs
- TrailGrizzly Flat Trail NorthNo dogs
- TrailGrizzly Flat Trail SouthNo dogs
- TrailHammond-Snyder Cutoff TrailNo dogs
- TrailHammond-Snyder Loop TrailNo dogs
- TrailHigh Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailHill TrailNo dogs
- TrailLittle Llagas Creek TrailNo dogs
- TrailLongwall Canyon TrailNo dogs
- TrailLower Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailLower Pete Siemans TrailNo dogs
- TrailMallard Slough TrailNo dogs
- TrailMallard Slough Trail SpurNo dogs
- TrailMarsh View TrailNo dogs
- ParkMáyyan 'Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space PreserveNo dogs
- TrailMonte Bello Road (Trail)No dogs
- TrailMora TrailNo dogs
- TrailMount Umunhum TrailNo dogs
- ParkNew Chicago MarshNo dogs
- TrailNew Chicago Marsh TrailNo dogs
- TrailOrchard Loop TrailNo dogs
- TrailPermanente Creek TrailNo dogs
- TrailPG&E RoadNo dogs
- TrailQuarry TrailNo dogs
- TrailRancho San Antonio Bike PathNo dogs
- ParkRancho San Antonio Open Space PreserveNo dogs
- TrailSaratoga Gap TrailNo dogs
- TrailSkid Road TrailNo dogs
- TrailSouth Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailStephen E. Abbors TrailNo dogs
- TrailStevens Creek Nature TrailNo dogs
- ParkStevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space PreserveNo dogs
- TrailSunny Jim TrailNo dogs
- TrailTable Mountain Fire RoadNo dogs
- TrailTable Mountain TrailNo dogs
- TrailThimbleberry TrailNo dogs
- TrailUpper High Meadow TrailNo dogs
- TrailUpper Wildcat Canyon TrailNo dogs
- ParkVista SlopeNo dogs
- TrailVista TrailNo dogs
- TrailWaterwheel Creek TrailNo dogs
- TrailWildcat Loop TrailNo dogs
- TrailWoods TrailNo dogs
- TrailZinfandel TrailNo dogs
Nearby counties
Towns in Santa Clara County
How we knowThe agencies that set dog rules here, and what each one says
- OpenStreetMapWhere no agency rule is on file, the dog tags people add to the map.188 places here
- Inferred from the place's nameNo source states a rule; the place's name suggests one.4 places here
Check posted signs. They are the rule on site. This guide restates published rules and OpenStreetMap data, which can be out of date or incomplete. It is not legal advice.
County boundary: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, 2025 (public domain). A place belongs to the county that holds its point on the map.