Trafton Park

Basketball court is good. Not great but good.

This place has a lot of potential. It is a cozy dog park with pea gravel, well fenced, two double-door entrances to prevent dogs from escaping into the street, and a nice big rock for climbing and playing on. The significant fault is that it is FULL of litter and broken glass. I won't be bringing my dogs back until this place gets cleaned up because there is too much danger of them cutting their paws.

Trafton is a nice little dog park in the middle of the neighborhood, and you can regularly find a couple of people with their dogs out playing there. The main surface is gravel, but there is also a big rocky hill off to the side that the dogs love running around on (there is a side path to the top for the humans). The gravel means you won't have as much of an issue with dust or mud as you might usually expect. People like leaving toys scattered around, so even if you don't bring anything along, there is usually some fun new thing for your dog to play with. Double gates at both ends are quite secure. If you are in the area and want to give your dog some excitement without traveling far, this is a very good option.

Ive been going to this park on and off for 2 years. It's a good dog park with a variety of terrain for your dog. There are rarely other dogs there but a good amount of room for mine to run The only reservation I have is the amount of broken glass at the top of the rocks. It seems like Malden doesn't care to clean this park up.

The dog park is very small, offers poor visibility of your dog, and the back (on top of the rock) is riddled with broken beer bottles and who knows what else. Lucky I checked it out before I let my dog climb back there - she could’ve seriously been hurt.