Dog-friendly trails in Howard County
Howard County has 40 places in our guide, and all of them welcome dogs today, 8 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 parkBark Social ColumbiaOff-leash
- Dog parkColumbia DogParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in ColumbiaOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in ColumbiaOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Locust Park, ColumbiaOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Woodland Village, ColumbiaOff-leash
- Dog parkMaple Lawn Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkWorthington Dog ParkOff-leash
TrailPeaceful Pond TrailLeash required
Photo by Elliott R. Plack, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
TrailUnion Dam TrailLeash required
Photo by Elliott R. Plack, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trail99 DropLeash required
- TrailAffeldt Climb (HoCo Thru Trail)Leash required
- TrailCaptain John Smith LoopLeash required
- TrailChurch Loop 1Leash required
- TrailChurch Loop 2Leash required
- TrailChurch Loop 3Leash required
- TrailChurch Loop 4Leash required
- TrailDaniels Laurel TrailLeash required
- TrailDaniels SingletrackLeash required
- TrailDaniels Singletrack (Backside of Daniels)Leash required
- TrailDaniels Singletrack (Switchplate)Leash required
- TrailDavis TrailLeash required
- TrailDavis TrailLeash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Affeldt Drop to the Beech)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Affeldt Gasline)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Allenford)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Candyman)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Formerly I've Gotta Be Me)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Formerly Ol' Man River)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (No Beech Lost)Leash required
- TrailDavis Trail (Wall Trail)Leash required
- TrailGarrett's PassLeash required
- TrailKillarneyLeash required
- TrailOEC ConnectorLeash required
- TrailOEC Connector TrailLeash required
- TrailOld Main Line (HoCo Thru Trail)Leash required
- TrailPond LoopLeash required
- TrailRidge Trail ExtensionLeash required
- TrailWood-Marr (HoCo Thru Trail)Leash required
- TrailWoodstock Station (HoCo Thru Trail)Leash required
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How we knowWhere the dog rules here come from
- OpenStreetMapWhere no agency rule is on file, the dog tags people add to the map.40 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 This guide restates published rules and OpenStreetMap data, which can be out of date or incomplete.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.