dog friendly park

Paradise Creek Nature Park

Overview: Paradise Creek Nature Park is rated 4.5/5 from 582 Google reviews. Visitors say this park offers beautiful walking trails, a kayaking area, and a playground, and is a great place to bring dogs. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

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4.5Google rating

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Overview

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4.5(582 reviews)

Visitors say this park offers beautiful walking trails, a kayaking area, and a playground, and is a great place to bring dogs. They also highlight the peaceful atmosphere and abundance of natural scenery, including edible plants, herbs, and wildlife.

Best for

dogs that need room to run

Quick facts

Address1141 Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23702, USA

Phone(757) 399-7487

City pagePortsmouth

Imported fromPortsmouth, VA

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Carolyn B4 months ago

Paradise Creek Nature Park is a hidden gem! The trails are peaceful, well-maintained, and perfect for a relaxing walk or family outing. There’s plenty of wildlife to enjoy, and the educational signs throughout the park add a nice touch. It’s a beautiful spot to reconnect with nature—quiet, clean, and thoughtfully designed. Highly recommend for anyone looking to unwind outdoors!

Kim2 months ago

Great park! Nice walking trails. Nice place to feel like you're in nature even though you are in the city.

Tamara DeBerry8 months ago

Beautiful trails, but minus 1 star for the closed pedestrian bridge. Would love to run or walk a nice loop with having to turn around. Love the information board, but the snake information kind of scared me, Lol, but nice trails, some shady areas too.

Bianca Freemana month ago

Loved this little park in little ol p town. Nice quiet spot to take the pup

Dinnie “Dinnie in Virginnie” Virginnie2 years ago

This park is gorgeous and I went during the winter! There’s a playground, kayak launch, and plenty of little trails and gardens around the creek. It's very beginner friendly but it's large enough to really take some time to explore and take nature pictures. I highly recommend visiting this park at least once if you live in Hampton Roads and ESPECIALLY if you live in Portsmouth.

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Monday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM

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