Dog-friendly parks and trails in Buncombe County
Buncombe County has 36 places in our guide; 35 of them welcome dogs today, 5 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 parkAzalea Breed Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkBuncombe County Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park at French Broad River ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkDog park in Montford HillsOff-leash
- Dog parkWagbarOff-leash
TrailFolk Art CenterLeash required
Photo by pquan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- TrailAppalachian WayLeash required
- TrailBig Piney Ridge TrailLeash required
- TrailBuck Gap TrailLeash required
- ParkCollier Cove Nature PreserveLeash required
- TrailCopperhead Mountain TrailLeash required
- TrailGraybeard TrailLeash required
- TrailHarry Bryan TrailLeash required
- TrailHickory Ridge TrailLeash required
- TrailJulia Woodward TrailLeash required
- TrailLake TrailLeash required
- TrailLookout TrailLeash required
- TrailLookut Mountain Perimeter TrailLeash required
- TrailLower Piney TrailLeash required
- ParkMain Street Nature ParkLeash required
- ParkMasters ParkLeash required
- TrailMountains-to-Sea TrailLeash required
- TrailNature TrailLeash required
- TrailOld Trestle RoadLeash required
- TrailOld Trestle RoadLeash required
- TrailOld Trestle RoadLeash required
- TrailRainbow Mountain TrailLeash required
- TrailRainbow RoadLeash required
- TrailRattlesnake Mountain TrailLeash required
- TrailRattlesnake TrailLeash required
- TrailRocky Head TrailLeash required
- TrailStomping Knob TrailLeash required
- TrailThe Gate TrailLeash required
- TrailWalker's Knob TrailLeash required
- TrailWest Ridge TrailLeash required
- TrailStrawberry Gap TrailNo dogs
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Towns in Buncombe 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.36 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 This guide restates published rules and OpenStreetMap data, which can be out of date or incomplete.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.