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Overview: Shepard Park is rated 4.6/5 from 230 Google reviews. Reviews most often describe it as clean and well kept. Amenities: Reviewers often mention poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use and steady activity with other dogs to meet.
Overview: Shepard Park is rated 4.6/5 from 230 Google reviews. Reviews most often describe it as clean and well kept. Amenities: Reviewers often mention poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use and steady activity with other dogs to meet.
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Great place to take your dog big or small
Review written 11/02/2025. Great place to walk around or sit in car and get work done on phone. Removing a star because I wish it had more longer sidewalks or walking paths but I walk laps in the parking lot. Has a bathroom that is still open as of 11/02 even with the cooler weather which is nice to have a park with a bathroom. Note there are often cops at this location watching for speeding so heads up it’s 30 miles per hour zone by the park. Has a dog park and people often let dogs run around loose outside of the dog area even though they aren’t supposed to, so heads up if you don’t like dogs running up to u, u may not like this park but it has a big parking lot so I recommend to go away from the dog portion if u don’t wanna be jumped on or sniffed or licked or bitten or have ur car doors hit by dog tails or collars or whatever lol. Speaking from experience…..
It was a great time being there the dog park is so good 👍
It's my favorite place to go and play with all my friends. The smile on my face is proof of what a great place it is.
One big, nice pavilion and a playscape. Popular dog park. Very busy during baseball season. Clean seasonal restrooms (closed during winter). Lots of stops and 2 gyms if you like Pokemon Go.
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