Places for you & your dog in Washington DC

Lansburgh Dog Park

A fenced off-leash stop in Southwest, listed by the District’s parks department.

• Fenced dog park
• Southwest

LeDroit Dog Park

A fenced off-leash stop in LeDroit Park, listed by the District’s parks department.

• Fenced dog park
• LeDroit Park

National Mall Grounds Walk

A broad outdoor walking area from Capitol Hill toward the Potomac where leashed dogs may use the grounds but are excluded from most memorial interiors.

• Large outdoor civic landscape
• Self-guided walking
• Open 24 hours

Newark Dog Park

A DPR-listed fenced dog park at 39th and Newark Streets NW where dogs may be off leash inside the designated enclosure.

• DPR-designated fenced dog park
• Off-leash space inside the enclosure
• 39th and Newark Streets NW

Other Half DC Dog-Friendly Taproom

An Ivy City brewery that welcomes leashed, well-behaved dogs in its ground-level customer areas while explicitly excluding the rooftop.

• Leashed dogs indoors and outdoors
• Covered patio
• Explicit rooftop boundary

Palisades Dog Park

A DPR-listed fenced dog park at 5200 Sherier Place NW where dogs may be off leash inside the designated enclosure.

• DPR-designated fenced dog park
• Off-leash space inside the enclosure
• 5200 Sherier Place NW

Right Proper Brookland Dog-Friendly Patio

A Brookland production-brewery taproom whose covered outdoor patio welcomes dogs.

• Dogs welcome outdoors
• Rain-covering solar awning
• Outside food permitted

Rock Creek Park Southern Loop

A year-round Rock Creek Park loop with several return options, where dogs are welcome outdoors on a leash no longer than six feet.

• About 120 minutes
• Multiple return-route choices
• Year-round route

S Street Dog Park

A fenced off-leash stop in Northwest, listed by the District’s parks department.

• Fenced dog park
• Northwest

Shaw Dog Park

A fenced off-leash stop in Shaw, listed by the District’s parks department.

• Fenced dog park
• Shaw

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Swampoodle Dog Park

A fenced off-leash stop in Northeast, listed by the District’s parks department.

• Fenced dog park
• Northeast

Takoma Dog Park

A DPR-listed fenced dog park at 5th and Underwood Streets NW where dogs may be off leash inside the designated enclosure.

• DPR-designated fenced dog park
• Off-leash space inside the enclosure
• 5th and Underwood Streets NW