dog friendly park

Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve

Overview: Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve is rated 4.6/5 from 951 Google reviews. This nature preserve offers beautiful views, wide trails, and off-leash areas for dogs. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use.

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4.6Google rating

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4.6(951 reviews)

People say this nature preserve offers beautiful views, wide trails, and off-leash areas for dogs. They highlight the great hiking and running trails, and the availability of parking. They also like the shade provided by the trees and the opportunity to see wildlife.

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowd

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AddressRedwood City, CA 94062, USA

Phone(650) 691-1200

City pageSan Mateo

Imported fromRedwood City, CA, San Mateo, CA

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdnature preservetourist attractionpark6 Google photos951 reviewsOpen now

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Christian Charles4 months ago

Excellent place to walk your furry friend(s), or just take a nice walk by yourself or with friends. Lots of trails to choose from -- some paved towards the entrance side of the park, others are loose sand/gravel. This is a pretty popular place to visit, especially after 8.30am, so keep that in mind. Parking can be a bit of a pain depending on the time you arrive. You can clock about 4 miles of hiking if you make the full circle (i usually go clockwise). There are portions of the trails where dogs can be offlesh, so keep that in mind. Also, the rangers can be very picky about dogs going back on leash when the offleash zones end.

G B6 months ago

My pup's favorite fast one hour loop. Not too crowded early in the morning. Parking lot fills up, there is street parking too.

Ray Alan3 years ago

Such a great hike all about 4 miles around the loop. Definitely recommend taking water on a warm day and heading counter clockwise on the trail that way the accent is shaded and the walk down is in the sun. Great views from the top. Saw lots of people running by and perfect for exercise. Saw a lost key near the restroom on the fence.

thisoneguy4 months ago

One of the smaller preserves but plenty of parking options, easy to get to, and off leash dog access is so appreciated!

Jayasimha Nuggehalli7 years ago

Great place for hiking, specially with dogs. There is a large off-leash area. But make sure your dogs are on leash, where there is a posted sign. We ended up getting a ticket, just because we removed leash to take pictures, 10 meters from the off-leash area. We didn't realize park security is so strict, instead of letting us go with a warning, issued us a ticket, even though no body was around. Other than this unpleasant experience, great place to walk your dogs and also hike.

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Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

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