Open since 1998, Field of Dogs is the only fenced dog park in San Rafael. It is ¾ acre and fenced with 4 ft. high chain link.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF DOG PARK: Field of Dogs closed temporarily on Sept. 15, 2025. Our very good friends at Marin County Parks are completing the installation of an accessible, paved path from the parking lot to our gate, enlarging the entrance vestibule for better accessibility, and upgrading our underground drainage system to end or greatly reduce flooding during atmospheric river storms.
Construction is nearly done, well ahead of the originally projected November date, our gratitude to County Parks and the contractor they hired. The park will probably re-open soon, perhaps by the end of October, watch this space. After the park opens, we will have a re-opening play day and fundraiser so check back here. If you want to volunteer to help organize the play day, send us an email.
Other dog parks in Marin include:
McInnis Park unfenced dog area, San Rafael
Red Hill fenced dog park, San Anselmo
Town Bark fenced dog park, Corte Madera
Piper Park fenced dog park, Larkspur
Remington Dog Park fenced, Sausalito
Bayfront Park unfenced dog area, Mill Valley
Dogbone Meadow fenced, Novato
Field of Dogs has a small, separate section in back for dogs that need it, but you have to pass through the main section of the park to get to the separate section. The park has benches and wood picnic tables (some of them beneath a canopy), trees and bushes, and mowed weeds, including foxtails, unfortunately. At this time, we cannot afford to remove the foxtails or add lawn, or to replace/refurbish the old, wood picnic tables that give you splinters. See Donate.
There are two faucets with water bowls and a short hose. There is a bathroom for humans less than half a block away in Lagoon Park. The garbage receptacle near the gate and the poop bags attached to it are provided by Marin County Parks, with our gratitude. More poop bags are hanging on the fence around the park.
Field of Dogs is not a County or City park. Other than the garbage can, it is funded and operated by an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization. See Donate and Volunteer.
