Dog-friendly places in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 658 places in our guide, in 50 counties; 590 of them welcome dogs today. Here's where to begin.
Places to start
Open to dogs now first, then off-leash places and those with a photo.
- Dog parkAllen Township Dog ParkOff-leash
- Dog parkApple Grove Dog ParkOff-leash
ParkCaernarvon Township ParkLeash required
Photo by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
TrailCreek Road TrailLeash required
Photo by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
TrailCresheim TrailLeash required
Photo by Spybeak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkMcDade ParkLeash required
Photo by Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkSimon B. Elliott State ParkLeash required
ParkTexter Mountain Nature PreserveLeash required
Photo by Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
TrailWaterfall TrailLeash required
Photo by Klaftera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkChristy Mathewson ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
Photo by Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
ParkEconomy ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
ParkTobyhanna State ParkDogs allowedLeash rule not stated
Photo by Nicholas T, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Counties (50)
- Allegheny County112 places
- Montgomery County95 places
- Cumberland County46 places
- Philadelphia County42 places
- Chester County26 places
- Adams County25 places
- Berks County25 places
- Erie County25 places
- Bucks County24 places
- Franklin County24 places
- Dauphin County17 places
- York County16 places
- Lehigh County15 places
- Cambria County14 places
- Northampton County13 places
- Luzerne County12 places
- Delaware County11 places
- Lancaster County11 places
- Montour County11 places
- Beaver County10 places
- Butler County7 places
- Clearfield County7 places
- Lackawanna County7 places
- Centre County6 places
- Monroe County6 places
- Westmoreland County6 places
- Columbia County5 places
- Crawford County3 places
- Lycoming County3 places
- Mercer County3 places
- Schuylkill County3 places
- Wayne County3 places
- Wyoming County3 places
- Fayette County2 places
- Huntingdon County2 places
- Lebanon County2 places
- Pike County2 places
- Union County2 places
- Bedford County1 place
- Blair County1 place
- Bradford County1 place
- Carbon County1 place
- Clinton County1 place
- Indiana County1 place
- Jefferson County1 place
- Juniata County1 place
- Mifflin County1 place
- Northumberland County1 place
- Snyder County1 place
- Somerset County1 place
How we knowThe agencies that set dog rules here, and what each one says
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.