California local guide
Find dog play areas, parks and dog-friendly patios across San Francisco.
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San Francisco’s guide links designated Dog Play Areas, leashed parks and dog-friendly outdoor tables. Corona Heights Dog Play Area, Alamo Square Dog Play Area and Upper Douglass Dog Play Area are designated places for off-leash play. Lincoln Park offers coastal trails and Golden Gate views for a leashed visit, while Sip Tea Room welcomes well-behaved dogs at its outdoor tables. Angelina’s Deli Cafe also describes itself as dog-friendly and lists outdoor seating.
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department says dogs must be leashed everywhere in the city except designated exercise areas, and owners must stay with them. Dogs are not allowed on athletic fields, tennis, basketball or volleyball courts, children’s play areas or sensitive habitat. The department also requires owners to remove waste and carry something to pick it up. San Francisco Board of Supervisors rules require a permit for anyone paid to walk four or more dogs on city park property, with a maximum of eight dogs at a time. Check posted signs at each park.
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Discovery market: San Francisco
Listings are currently researched within Initial San Francisco research area, not necessarily across every part of the wider market.
Policy jurisdictions: City and County of San Francisco
Policy research for the configured jurisdictions is marked complete. Always check place-specific signs and current authority guidance.
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Local authority guidance for dog owners. On-site signs take priority and restrictions can change.
San Francisco Health Code section 41.12 requires dogs to be leashed everywhere in the city except designated exercise areas, which Recreation and Park runs as Dog Play Areas. Owners must stay with their dogs.
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (opens in a new tab)Health Code section 40 requires owners to remove their dog's waste and to carry something to pick it up whenever they walk a dog.
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (opens in a new tab)Under the department's dog policy, dogs are not allowed on athletic fields, on tennis, basketball or volleyball courts, in children's play areas or in sensitive habitat, even on a leash.
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (opens in a new tab)Anyone paid to walk four or more dogs at once on city park property needs an Animal Care and Control permit, and may walk no more than eight dogs at a time.
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