Rita's Ranch Dog Park
Rita’s Ranch Dog Park in Iowa City offers a spacious, well-maintained area with three different enclosures for dogs to run around. It is wheelchair accessible, has ample parking, seating with benches and tables, and provides poop bags and trash bins. The park features agility equipment added recently and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. While there is water availability seasonally (April to October), there is no swim area or pond. The park is less crowded and wetter than some other local parks, making it a great spot for dogs to romp freely.
Reviews
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
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.
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.
This is a well maintained dog park that my pup loves visiting.
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.