Otter Lake Off-leash Dog Area
Otter Lake Off-leash Dog Area is a spacious and well-maintained dog park offering about 10 acres for dogs to enjoy. It features two fully fenced sections: a large area for active play and wooded trails, and a smaller area for dogs less comfortable with others. The park is kid-friendly with hiking trails and has amenities including picnic tables, public restrooms, and wheelchair-accessible entrances and parking. Solar-powered motion sensor lighting allows for safe visits in the early morning or evening. The park promotes a friendly and clean environment with areas for dogs to play off leash and plenty of tree cover providing shade.
Reviews
Great dog park! There are two good-sized fenced in areas side-by-side, with a fence in the middle separating them.
As you face the entrances on the outside of the park, the left side is the bigger of the two. It starts with an open space for the dogs to enter and get acclimated. As you wander away from the entrance, there are wooded areas throughout that create different paths and trails, including going around the perimeter and several paths that cut through the interior. There are smaller paths and trails throughout that make it easier to traverse from one part to another quickly, if need be.
The right fenced in area is smaller, but still has plenty of space for dogs to run and play. It’s more of an open rectangular concept, with some trees scattered about in the center.
If you enter one side and decide you’d rather go to the other, there is a door (maybe two?) in the fencing that separates the bigger and smaller areas.
The other people there have been nice, and for the most part pick up after their dogs.
My biggest, and really only issue is the perimeter fencing. It’s short enough that it can be jumped if a dog really wants to, especially if a lot of snow has accumulated on the ground. My dog has jumped it once, but fortunately she was able to get back over when called.
Awesome park. 10 acres, small dog and big dog areas, generous tree cover on warm days, lots of trails, lots of friendly people and dogs. Don’t worry, your pup can’t get into the lake from within the park (but there is a public access just feet away). Pay attention to the announcements board when you walk in, they do a nice job keeping it up to date. It explains how the water works (grab a jug and fill as you go throughout the park!), what the rules are, and other general interest updates. There is also a lost and found board, mostly for tags but occassionally you’ll see sunglasses or a leash. Enjoy!
This is quickly becoming one of the best dogparks in the Twin Cities. The improvements made over the last year make this a 5 star park.
Two sections fully fenced (all dogs /
Park is huge. It has two separate areas, one small and one huge. If your dog is not comfortable with other dogs, use the smaller area on the right side. Park has solar lights with sensors for the night, but I hardly see anyone after dark. Overall a great place.
Absolutely the best dog park in the surrounding city area. Probably our favorite and the best maintained of all the off leash dog parks we have visited while traveling with our pups. In addition nighttime or early morning is a fine time to visit and the motion sensors lights helps illuminate the way