Rita's Ranch Dog Park

Great place to wear your dog out. I haven't had a bad encounter there. The patrons are nice. Plenty of room in the three different enclosures for your pooch to run around in. There is water at the site, not sure if you can wash your dog there like you can at another dog park in town. There are also poop bags available and a trash bin nearby to place the waste. It would be great if there were a pond but either way it's worth going there with your furry family member.

Best dog park in Iowa City. Ample parking, nice benches and tables to sit at and plenty of poop bag stations. All the dogs and people I've met here and been fantastic and very nice.

Big fields to romp in. Often wetter and muddier han Thornberry, also much less crowded. Poop bags available year-round; water available from about April- October. Update: Just visited yesterday (11/7/2022) and noticed that they had added agility equipment like Thornberry. Will add pics soon.

Awesome! We recently tilled up the creeping charlie in our back yard and planted grass seed. Since doing that we have had to keep our dog Reggie out of the yard. This dog park is a great place to take him, everyone we meet is super friendly and nice. It has a few toys for him to play with, the downside is it fairly plain Jane. There is no water (so we bring our own) its nice wide open, no obstacle course or anything special and no pond or body of water for him to play in either

There is three areas you can bring your dog to play with other dogs. Two of them are about the same size, maybe an acreage or two each and the third is smaller, for older dogs or dogs that don't play well with others but need some space to run. Multiple dogs and parents showed up and the pups had a wonderful time running around playing. There is poo bags at the dispense at the entrance to the areas and a large garbage can where you take the dogs leash off. The park is free but the suggest the same old as any park, (tags, fixed, font bring if in heat, ect)