Dog-friendly parks and trails in Erie County
Erie County has 25 places in our guide; 22 of them welcome dogs today, 6 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 parkAmherst Paw ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkBarkologyOff-leash
- Dog parkBuffalo Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at Black Rock Canal ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkEllicott Island ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkRootie's Run Dog ParkOff-leash
ParkBuckhorn Island State ParkLeash required
Photo by Richard apple, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkWalton Woods ParkLeash required
Photo by Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- TrailConnector TrailLeash required
- TrailFishing Access TrailLeash required
- TrailFishing Access TrailLeash required
- TrailGorge Rim TrailLeash required
- TrailJumper TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Park Trails - Green TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - Blue TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - Green TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - Orange TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - Red Connector TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - White TrailLeash required
- TrailNike Base Trails - Yellow TrailLeash required
- TrailOrange TrailLeash required
- TrailYellow TrailLeash required
- TrailMossy Point Red TrailNo dogs
- TrailMossy Point White TrailNo dogs
- TrailMossy Point Yellow TrailNo dogs
Nearby counties
Towns in Erie County
How we knowWhere the dog rules here come from
- OpenStreetMapWhere no agency rule is on file, the dog tags people add to the map.25 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 This guide restates published rules and OpenStreetMap data, which can be out of date or incomplete.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.