dog friendly park

Frederick Street Park

Overview: Frederick Street Park is rated 4.5/5 from 547 Google reviews. This park offers a great dog park area with separate sections for large and small dogs. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and tree cover, water fountains or bowls, and secure fencing and separate dog areas. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use, a friendly crowd of owners and dogs, and a sense of community among regular visitors. Downsides: Some reviews mention owner or dog behavior issues and a smaller layout than some visitors expect.

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4.5(547 reviews)

Overview: Frederick Street Park is rated 4.5/5 from 547 Google reviews. This park offers a great dog park area with separate sections for large and small dogs. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and tree cover, water fountains or bowls, and secure fencing and separate dog areas. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use, a friendly crowd of owners and dogs, and a sense of community among regular visitors. Downsides: Some reviews mention owner or dog behavior issues and a smaller layout than some visitors expect.

People say this park offers a great dog park area with separate sections for large and small dogs. They highlight the clean and safe environment, and the friendly atmosphere. They also like the convenient access to the harbor and beach.

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dogs that need room to runsmall dogs or homes with multiple dog sizessocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowd

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Address168 Frederick St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, USA
Phone(831) 420-5270
City pageSanta Cruz
Imported fromSanta Cruz, CA

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dogs that need room to runsmall dogs or homes with multiple dog sizessocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdparktourist attraction6 Google photos547 reviewsOpen now

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wayne tindall9 months ago

This review is for the dog park only. A nice neighborhood dog park. There's only street parking,so parking was a little difficult to find. You can tell this is used by mostly neighborhood regulars. It has both a large and small dog side. It's has water available but not poopie bags. Some people were friendly and some were rude. Sorry not sorry my dogs like to run around and make dust. I thought that was the purpose of taking your dog to a dog park. Let them run around and have some fun

Jauni Hopesphire2 years ago

It is a decent park. I like that they added the dog park (and that it is now fenced in all the way). However, I've been going to this park since I was a little kid. I miss the playground stuff that used to be there. And still not sure why they ripped out all the spaces that had the squishy ground. I appreciate that they kept some of the old climbing stuff. But it just doesn't seem as exciting to go there anymore without the old playground. I do still bring my kids here when I visit. There's still a tiny skate park area, and I love that they kept all the wood stump things, because I used to have a lot of fun jumping around on those when I was little. There's still a great view of the harbor and the stairs are still there that go directly down to the harbor. The stairs have a tiny ramp for people coming up with bikes, which is helpful. We used to love trying to walk up the ramp part as kids, too. You can get to the park from 3 different sides, since you can park on the street side, come up from the harbor, or take the little pathway that cuts in from the neighborhood on one side. Lots of grassy area to hangout and play. There's a volleyball court. It's a fairly large park. Tons of trees, and shaded picnic tables. I had many birthday parties there as a kid. Like I said, it's a great park. I just miss the old playground equipment.

SKM Music (Sara Marsalis)7 years ago

Great park. it is right next to the harbor so if any dogs don't mix well together we can just go take a nice beautiful walk

Jennifer Yuhas5 years ago

Great dogs, great people, great space, our little dog even felt safe with the big dogs I'm knocking my review down one star because of one person and I would be really interested to see how many of you have had an encounter with her and her dog Tucker as well.... We're new to the seabright area since December have been coming here with no problems with our 60 plus pound Siberian husky... And even our small 10 lb toy poodle, live in mother-in-law's support animal... Today we walked in with a new addition to our family a 4-month-old German Shepherd pup, This was his first time in the dog park! We were excited! And to be honest with you he's more of a luv bug then our other two! So we anticipated no problems! Well as he first trotted to the park and the dog pictured above, as named "Tucker" bit him in the face! This was in the big dog area, and Tucker was a little dog first of all.Second of all to which the owner replied "my dog is not friendly, You may want to keep your dog away from mine"😕😣😳 I'm sorry did I not just walk into a dog park? If your dog is the unfriendly one isn't it the one that should be leaving? She takes up a corner with her dog Tucker and everybody else stays away from them. This is apparently the norm! And we were not aware?! Are there any actions that have been taken so far to try to remove this aggressive dog from returning to the dog park and spoiling everybody else's experience?!? Thoughts 🤔

Luke (xlxcrossing)2 years ago

Dog park with separate smaller one for small dogs. A multiple use field and 2 play structures one for infants/toddlers. A stones throw away from the harbor which you can walk on both sides of. It's a great place to spend time and is very serene.

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  • Monday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Thursday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Friday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Saturday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Sunday: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

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