Wayne County Dog Park
Wayne County Dog Park is a small, community-oriented dog park with separate areas for large and small dogs, featuring a fenced area with controlled access. It offers amenities like a covered pavilion, water hookup for dogs, and is wheelchair accessible. The park is known for its communal spirit, though it can get muddy after rains due to its location by the river. It has some maintenance challenges and no bathrooms, but provides a nice spot for dogs to socialize and play safely off-leash.
Reviews
Love the park, but the black walnut are a problem toxic to the dogs. The other problem is people jumping the fence to get in, nobody had been coming around to check.
The park itself is lovely, but irresponsible dog owners make it unsafe. Why visit if aggressive dogs aren’t controlled?
Small little dog park that has a lock managing access for pets and owners. Open year round this space gives a nice place for the community to enjoy some time with their best friends. There is a split area for large and small dogs to provide security and balance for the spectrum of dogs out there. Come and enjoy! 🐶
Hines Park is a decently large park with many open spaces to put a dog park yet the Wayne County dog park is absolutely tiny. Not only is it small, but it’s placed directly next to the river so that every time a decent rain comes, it is completely under water. After a few days and the flood goes down, the dog park is a mud pit. The city seems to think that closing the dog park for 6 weeks in the spring for “reseeding” is actually going to make the grass grow back. It doesn’t. When large dogs are in such a confined space, grass gets torn up. It’s always muddy here. The county does not take care of the dog park like they should. Patrons of the park do more for the dog park than the county does. The only great thing about this park is that there is a never ending supply of water for the dogs. Also, there are no bathrooms for the owners. I would rather drive out to an Oakland County park because they are much larger with plenty of room for dogs to actually run.
My dogs love it here. It gets muddy when it rains, and the mosquitoes are atrocious, but it’s about the dogs having fun. The water hookup and covered pavilion are nice, especially in the summer. There’s a good assortment of toys and balls left here, but mostly my dogs like playing with the other dogs.
As far as the membership goes, yeah it’s a bit of a chore to bring in all your paperwork to Nankin Mills, but the fee is only NULL per year. Even if you only bring your dog twice a month, that’s less than a dollar per visit.