Barks & Rec Dog Park
Barks & Rec Dog Park is a small, grassy dog park featuring separate fenced areas for large and small dogs. It is wheelchair accessible and good for children, located behind local sports fields. The park has limited amenities such as a single bench and waste bag dispensers (often empty), with water available from a spigot outside the gate but no trash bins or water inside the park. Parking is easy to find though a bit of a walk from the park entrance, with two handicap spaces available. Signage to the park is poor, and the area could benefit from yard maintenance and more seating options.
Reviews
We’ll kept park with 2 play areas for different aged kids. The people I’ve met have always been very friendly. There aren’t any trash receptacles which I fell is OK. If you need to sit while your kid plays then bring your own chair. There isn’t any seating that faces the playground. There are 2 handicap parking spaces but no ramp or path for wheels.
Small pens, 1 for large dogs, one for small. There are waste bags available but no waste can, no water or even dishes if you bring your own water, and only one bench for people to sit, and it’s in the big dog area. There is a road from the parking area down to the dog park, but there is a sign that says no cars beyond this point. It’s a fairly long distance to walk, and there actually was space to park and evidence that cars had gone down there once I walked it. So why the sign? Also, entrance off the street has poor signage indicating where the park actually is, so it is difficult to find. However, my dog noticed none of this and enjoyed exploring even though there were no other dogs there for him to play with. This park is better than nothing, but not much better.
Paved road to park ends in asphalt parking area approximately 1/4 mile from dog park. Dirt road from parking area is marked for authorized vehicles only. Map program directed us to a road which is marked No Dog Park Access so we had to circle back to find the correct entrance. Modest dog walking area perhaps most useful as social gathering point for local dog owners.
Pretty decent sized play areas. Could use some basic yard maintenance. Watch for ticks and poop! People don’t always clean up after their dogs. Parking area is easy to find.
Tucked away behind the tennis courts, playground, and ball field, this park was an Eagle Scout project, and is a nice, grassy, but little park.
There were dispensers for bags, but they were empty. Water is from a pump/spigot outside the park gate. No trash can near the park, but there were cans up by the fields.
Separate sections for large and small dogs.