Improve Dog Off-Leash Areas

Fall 2022

One of the Seattle Park District Maintaining Parks and Facilities funding initiatives is to Improve Dog Off-Leash Areas (OLAs). This initiative will improve existing OLAs through maintenance and updates to aging infrastructure. There is a list of all 14 OLAs on the Dog Off Leash Areas webpage.

New Project Updates

The new program team is meeting in September and will discuss improvements planned for the balance of 2022 and potential projects in 2023.

Blue Pond Dog Park major maintenance plans have been put on hold. The project will be in collaboration with SPU’s plans to improve the retention pond area of the park.

I-5 Colonnade Dog Park - reviewing the possibility of installing pedestrian lights.

Magnuson Dog Park - update access points at 3 locations to allow better flow in and out of the park and add agility equipment within the park.

Genesee Dog Park - add agility equipment within the park.

More to come...

Older Completed Projects

Woodland Dog Park - fence line renovation and gravel restoration was complete as of July 2022.

Regrade Dog Park completed its major maintenance project December 2021 - pathway, excavation, 25yds of new gravel, removed unsightly fencing and moved the storage shed to a more useful location.

Recent Major Maintenance OLA projects are all completed at I-5 Colonnade, Kinnear, Magnolia Manor, and North Acres.

In 2016, with community input, we developed the People, Dogs, and Parks Plan to guide the improvements. Since then we have:

• Made grading improvements by filling holes created by dogs and fanning out extra gravel into the park plus additional facility improvements at Magnolia Manor OLA
• Knocked down overgrown blackberries and thistle growth at Dr. Jose Rizal Dog Park and added self-closing gate access points throughout the park
• Scrapped and added additional gravel at I-5 Colonnade Dog Park to minimize build up high spots
• Cleared blackberries and thistles overgrowth at Blue Dog Pond OLA 
• Built a new fence around the 8.6-acre Magnuson Park OLA
• Installed a small and shy dog area along with other improvements at Genesee Park
• Installed a small and shy dog area at Woodland Park along with additional improvements
• Installed an 18" block wall inside the fence along Bell Street at Regrade Park, to prevent gravel from the OLA from migrating onto the Bell Street sidewalk
• Installed a new pedestrian access gate and new vehicle access gates at Northacres Park OLA, and replaced damaged and deteriorating fencing
• Resurfaced the existing gravel path and installed new benches at the Dr. Jose Rizal Park OLA
• Installed dog agility equipment and fence repairs at Golden Gardens OLA

We are planning a list of improvements at other OLAs around the city and will post the scope and schedule of these improvements as they develop.