Dog Friendly Parks in Virginia Beach
Every park below is tagged dog friendly based on details we verify from each one's own published sources — this is a filtered view; each entry links to its full listing.
Listings
All parksBayville Farms Dog Park
The best-equipped of Virginia Beach's five free public dog parks: Bayville Farms offers three separate fenced areas so small and large dogs can be split up,…
Bayville Farms ParkHidden Gem
A 1978-vintage neighborhood park on land once part of Captain Adam Thoroughgood's 1643 land grant, Bayville Farms sits next to the Bayside Recreation Center…
Beach Garden ParkHidden Gem
An 18-acre surprise a few minutes' drive from the boardwalk: half a mile of paved trail and wooden decking carries walkers over tidal wetlands where herons,…
City View Park
A sports-first city park on Kempsville Road built around four lighted softball fields and a multi-purpose field, City View Park also includes basketball and…
First Landing State Park
Virginia's most-visited state park packs a genuine wilderness into the city's northern corner: 20 miles of trails through maritime forest, bald cypress swamp,…
Great Neck Park
Established in 1990, this 70-acre district park sits directly on Lynnhaven Bay in the heart of Great Neck — the neighborhood tucked between the river and First…
Kempes Landing ParkHidden Gem
A three-acre park redeveloped from the former home of Kempsville Pony Baseball, Kempes Landing keeps that history visible with a 'Good Game' statue honoring…
Lake Lawson / Lake Smith Natural Area
A 42-acre wooded preserve in Bayside with an outsized 12,000 feet of shoreline on two connected freshwater lakes — which is why anglers and birders treat it as…
Level Green Park
Home to the city's first public sprayground, Level Green Park has quickly become a go-to summer stop in the Kempsville area. Two full-sized basketball courts,…
Marshview Dog Park
The closest fenced off-leash park to the Resort Strip — critical local knowledge in summer, when dogs are banned from the resort sand all day. Marshview's dog…
Marshview ParkHidden Gem
A hundred acres of woods on Lake Rudee hiding minutes from the Resort Strip, Marshview Park is the Oceanfront area's back-to-nature escape valve. ADA-compliant…
Mount Trashmore Park
Virginia Beach's most famous non-beach landmark started as a landfill: opened in 1974 as one of the first parks in the world built on converted waste, Mount…
Pleasure House Point Natural AreaHidden Gem
One hundred eighteen acres of tidal marsh, sandy shore, and maritime forest on the Lynnhaven River just south of the Chesapeake Bay — a rescued piece of…
Pungo Ferry Landing Park
A working boat launch on the North Landing River deep in rural southern Virginia Beach, Pungo Ferry Landing is currently mid-upgrade: construction beginning in…
Red Wing Dog Park
The city dog park closest to the southern beaches, set inside 97-acre Red Wing Park on General Booth Boulevard. One acre of off-leash space is split into two…
Red Wing Park
A 97-acre park on the General Booth corridor best known for its gardens: the Miyazaki Japanese Garden — created in 1997 for the fifth anniversary of Virginia…
Salem Woods Dog Park
The fifth of Virginia Beach's free public dog parks, and the one furthest into the Kempsville-Centerville suburbs: a 1.72-acre fenced facility divided into two…
Stumpy Lake Natural AreaHidden Gem
More than 970 acres of undeveloped forest wrap around Stumpy Lake in the city's southwest corner, where bald cypress trees rise straight out of the water along…
West Neck Creek Natural AreaHidden Gem
A 217-acre wooded natural area kept deliberately undeveloped, West Neck Creek borders West Neck Road and Princess Anne Road in the rural southern reach of the…
Woodstock Dog Park
Kempsville's off-leash option: a one-acre fenced area inside Woodstock Park where small and large dogs play together in a single shared enclosure — worth…
Woodstock Park
A 30-acre everything-park in the heart of Kempsville that punches far above its size: a 30,000-square-foot concrete skate plaza with a two-level bowl, a…