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    Ferguson Dog Park - Enterance before fenced parks

    Ferguson Dog Park

    4.7(10 reviews)
    32.8 mi

    Built in 2012, gigantic run area and toss the ball opportunities. Large dog entrance has large dog…read moreholes in the ground, dangerous walking or running area. There is a covered picnic table area, but personally prefer the humans to be mobile and attentive to pets. This day offered up ball tossing humans who said their dog gets territorial over the balls, so let's rethink the playing of the game. I do wish folks understood if your saying your dog is territorial or had an issue with other dogs, how do they knew it won't be this day it tries to eat yours. Common sense needs to prevail, pick up poop and control your hopefully vaccinated pooch.

    This park is difficult to rate. If you compare it to other dogs parks, it is a solid 3, but the…read morefact that it is free, while most others charge a fee. makes it a 4. The park has a port-potty and water for both you and your pooch. There is a decent sized parking lot there. The park spans almost 19 acres and has two fenced areas, one for use by large dogs and one for small dogs. Each area is decent sized and both has a shade awning. You will also find a picnic tables and cement slabs off in the distance. The park is ok and do not have any additional amenities or "bells and whistles" outside of the bare minimums that I mentioned, but it is free, so hey. The play areas are very spacious and wide open. Plus it is free. With it being free though, it can sometimes get packed on nice dayside's , so you may want to plan accordingly. This is a decent park to take you. pooch, especially in an area where such places are limited. And, its FREE.

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    Switchyard Park

    Switchyard Park

    4.8(14 reviews)
    36.3 mi

    Large park, lots of things to do, kept my son busy for over an hour…read more Clean facilities and clean park.

    This park is amazing. It is a gem located in Bloomington. It is a Rails to Trails pedestrian…read morethoroughfare and was once an old rail switchyard. It spans 65 acres and was opened in 2019. By the looks of it, I though that it was opened more recently. This park has everything you want in a park and much more. This is a modern park and I was really felling it. There are two decent sized parking lots for you to park your vehicle. What amenity that brought you to the park will determine the lot that you will use. The park features a dog park with separate areas for large and small dogs. There is seating for pooch owners to sit in each area, as well as lots of green space and a few obstacles for the pups to play. There are a few picnic tables in between the two dog areas. The park also has a ton bright green picnic tables in a plaza area just off of one of the parking lots and a very nice shelter with picnic tables under it, a fireplace and a grill. This area is also where you will find the restroom facility in this area. There is also a low-key splash pad in this area, but it was shut down for the season during my November visit. This park is also home to an awesome outdoor amphitheater with lawn seating. It looks pretty impressive. There is also an 11,000 square foot pavilion with overhead doors, making it an indoor/outdoor event space. Both spots are available for rent and are prime spots to host your next event. They are used to host special events such as 5K runs, farmer's markets, and You will also find a skate park that could easily be a stand alone park itself. It is a concrete park with bowls, rails, and a snake run. Graffiti, tags and stickers are prohibited in the skate park area, but you will find some nice tags just outside of it. The park's playground is first class. It is a huge area on a mud-free rubber/artificial grass surface. There are benches, walls and glider swings for caregivers to sit while their littles play. The area's equipment includes saucer swings, tunnels, a rock climbing wall, slides, some traditional swings, wall net climbers, a pyramid net climber, and xylophones. The equipment is very modern and looks relatively new. On the other end of the park is where you will find a very nice full basketball court, a bocce ball court, and 4 pickle ball courts. There is a large patch of green space on this side of the park as well that is suitable for picnic, playing catch, or tossing a frisbee. A Bloomington police also has a station at this entrance to the park. Even though their is a police presence on site, the park contracts with a security company to assist with park patrols and safety. The highlight of this side of the park though is the outdoor fitness area. It is a circular area that has equipment that includes a chest press machine, a shoulder press machine, a strider, a dip machine, sit up bench and pull-up bar. In the shadow of the workout area is a community gardens, which feature 39-foot by eight-foot raised garden beds that are available for rent. A 3.1 mile trail, the B-Line Trail, passes directly through the park. The Trail is nicely paved, completely accessible and well illuminated with LED lighting. If 3.1 miles is not enough for you, it connects to the Bloomington Rail Trail, thus adding 2 more miles. This is a nice park that has everything you could ask for. It is well maintained. I will not that there are a few urban campgrounds on the outskirts of the park and you will find transients sleeping on park benches and using the restroom there, but they are not aggressive and just keep to theirselves. I highly recommend checking this park out. You can easily spend a half day here.

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    Central Park Dog Park

    Central Park Dog Park

    4.7(3 reviews)
    28.1 mi

    This is such a clean and lovely park. Absolutely clean, spotless restrooms, a beautiful shelter and…read morea big dog park. We needed to take our dogs and it was the right choice. There's a small 0.5 mile trail inside the park which is quite ok for a quick, run/walk but I still liked the peace and quiet. If you need more walking distance, just take a left from the park and walk a little farther where you will find Monon trail. Beautiful trail with trees on both sides, dotted now with beautiful fall colors. Central or Monon this park in the middle of Carmel is a win win!

    We had a membership to the Central Park Dog Park for a few years, and our dog loved it. We loved it…read moretoo -- the grounds are spacious, there are plenty of trees surrounding the grassy area where dogs can explore, and there's a shaded picnic area for humans to sit and relax. We've never had anything but pleasant experiences with the dogs and their owners. I think that part of the reason is because this dog park is kind of exclusive: you need to apply, and you're usually on a wait list for a while. They keep the number of members manageable so that there's not lots of people visiting all the time, and everyone can enjoy the dog park when they're there. The only reason we don't have a membership to the dog park anymore is because our dog prefers the attention of humans, so he would just stand around at the dog park and not play. But we'd totally join again in a minute we got another dog who enjoyed the company of other dogs! This is a nice place for dogs to hang out.

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