Big Dry Creek Park-Dog PARK
Big Dry Creek Park-Dog PARK is a convenient community dog park in Westminster, CO, offering a safe, wheelchair-accessible environment with picnic tables and benches for visitors. It features a combined dog area suitable for all sizes, though the fence may be low for very athletic dogs. The park is best suited for socializing and daily dog exercise, with gravel footing and one pavilion providing some shade and seating. While it has some amenities like a port-a-potty and picnic tables, some maintenance issues exist including a non-working water fountain and limited shade structures. There are occasional concerns about aggressive dogs and cleanliness, but many responsible owners frequent the park. Off-leash play is allowed, making it a go-to spot for dog owners wanting a local place to let their pets run and socialize.
Reviews
Fence is too short for larger or athletic dogs that could easily jump out (maybe 3′), otherwise the park looks decent. Gravel footing. 1 pavilion, with seating, for shade. Port a potty close to the entrance for a bathroom.
I take my girl Sasha here every single afternoon, it’s a necessity for her to have some time each day to run around freely and socialize with other dogs. There are several other regulars who visit regularly as well, so it’s great for both the dogs and the people to be able to socialize with familiar faces, and meet new ones regularly as well.
The park is fairly well maintained, but I believe this is mostly due to pet owners helping out, not so much due to any groundskeeper (i could be wrong, it does seem as though the park has been “adopted” by a K9 training company, so perhaps they help keep up the maintenance and I just haven’t come across them during the hours when we frequent the park).
The water fountain hasn’t been working for nearly 6 months, so this leaves the onus on the owners to bring their own water.
Most pet owners are attentive and responsible for their dogs, but on occasion there are sometimes aggressive dogs with careless owners who allow their pets to go around humping and causing general chaos amongst the other dogs (but this isn’t unique to this park, it happens at all dog parks)
All in all, this is a great park for both dogs and people, but If you’re looking for a more expansive off-leash open space with nice mountain views, where you can take a long walk/hike with your pup(s), then you might enjoy Westminster Hills Open Space, which is around 20 mins away.
It’s really gone downhill. We used to be regular visitors but not anymore. 1, too many insular people that cannot be bothered to pick up their dog’s poop and 2, too many people bringing untrained dogs that are aggressive to others. My dog (not a small dog either) was attacked by a pit bull here and I’ve seen other dogs attacked too.
This was a great park years ago but the upkeep and maintenance has really been ignored and it shows. There are not enough shade structures, trash cans, or poop bag stations, resulting in dog piles everywhere throughout this park. Plenty of benches for people, but the agility equipment is partially removed and what remains is just kind of sad. Not sure what the huge patches of white crust are but it can’t be good.
While this park is convenient it lacks features other parks have that knock for me it’s rating down. If you need to let loose and don’t have time to go to Arvada or Erie or Cherry Creek then this park is “ok”.