Dog Park within Ceasar Chavez park. Multi-acre off-leash area for dogs in the middle of the park. Location: University near Berkeley Marina. Directions: Take University Ave toward the bay. At the ‘t’ in the road, make a right. Follow the street past the hotel on the left and around the corner. Park on the right. Dog must remain on leash until you reach the dog park area in the center of the park. Clearly marked with signs.

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline.

Take 580 to the Keller exit (from either direction), go east on Keller, turn left on Campus and turn immediately right on Canyon Oaks Drive and turn left, go to the end of the parking lot, and there is the trail head.

Interstate 80, exit Hilltop Drive, right on San Pablo Ave, left on Atlas Rd to the entrance.

Fenced in off leash park. Location: Marsh Creek Road. Clayton Road to Marsh Creek Road Park is on the right just before Regency Drive.

Greater Vallejo Recreation District Park. Walking trail behind park. Plenty of parking, bathroom facility. Large, grassy fenced area for off leash dog run. Location: 1805 Ascot Parkway. Directions: From Hwy 80 Take Redwood East exit to Ascot Parkway, Turn right. 1 block on right across from new high school.

Off Leash Dog Park. There is a great place to have dogs run off leash. It is a pretty recent dog park, about 1-2 years old. There are both small and large dog sides. From Hwy 80 East Bound take the Redwood Street EAST exit. Location: Redwood and Ascot Parkway. Directions: Follow Redwood to Ascot Parkway and turn right. Stay in the right lane. The park will be a little more than a block farther on your right. Pull into Wardlaw Park and you are there!

Great, large, fenced, wonderful two areas, one for small dogs, one for larger dogs, and water available, plastic bags and trash cans for poop, and lots of very nice people. lovely new park and a wonderful place to socialize your dog with other dogs. it’s on ascot street the name isn’t Vallejo dog park it’s something else but i can’t recall right now, anyway, ascot street near redwood parkway. GREAT park! Location: Ascot Street near Redwood parkway.

Water, area for small dogs (dogs under 30 pounds), and restrooms. Location: Located on Westline Drive in Alameda. The Park is next to the Tennis Courts. The view includes the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges, the city skyline, the Oakland Estuary, and facing the other direction you can see the Mormon Temple in the Oakland hills. Location: 8th & Westline Drive at Crown Beach. Directions.

5 acre area, fenced, water nearby, paid parking meters, restrooms. No water at the site, but a hose located 50′ away to fill water jugs. Restrooms also 50′ away. Location: Eighth Street, Alameda, California, USA. Directions: From Oakland, through Webster Street Tube down Webster. Left at Encinal, right at 8th St. Parking metered lot near tennis courts. Dog run area is visible from the roadway.

Highway 4 at Antioch, South on Somersville Road.

4,600 acre park. In Castro Valley, go North on Redwood to Marciel Gate. 510-635-0135.

1.3 acre dog run within Memorial Park (dedicated to 9/11/01). Fenced, water, shade structure, benches, and surface is decomposed granite, a sandy material that dogs seem to love. Location: Bollinger Canyon Road at San Ramon Valley Blvd., just west of I680 freeway offramp. Directions: I680 exit Bollinger Canyon Road, west to San Ramon Valley Blvd, park straight ahead on south side of Bollinger Canyon Road.

Almost 3,300 acres. No dogs are allowed within the Little Hills Ranch Recreation Area. Interstate 680 to Bollinger Canyon Road and go North, past the entrance to Little Hills Ranch Recreation area.

Interstate 580 to Center Street (left), right on Castro Valley Blvd. to (left) Crow Canyon Road, (left) to Cull Canyon Rd. 510-635-0135.

Large off-leash area, limited grass (mostly brush, dirt and some rocky areas). 70 acre+ area, some picnic tables, limited water outlets and restrooms (please bring a water bottle on hot days). Adjacent to Oakland Airport. Lots of ground squirrels and trees. Perfect place for sniffy noses and very safe too! Potty bags available at entrance. Location: Neptune Dr. Directions: Take the Marina exit off of the 880, and go west towards the Marina. Make a right onto Doolittle and a left at Williams. Go to the end and make a right (my doggie brain thinks it is called Neptune Dr.). Follow to the end. The entrance is on the west side. Use a leash for the first 500 feet, them, let ’em roam!

Open only between mid-January to March 1st, and July- early August. Interstate 80 to Highway 12, towards Rio Vista, turn on Grizzly Island Road, to Sunset Shopping Center for 10 miles.

Marina and Fairway. It is just south of the channel bridge as you go along the shoreline next to the golf course. Park at the south end of Marina Park and walk over the bridge and you will find it.

Two off leash dog runs. Amenities include picnic tables, barbecues, a play area, two parking lots, rest rooms, an open lawn area, and of course two fenced dog runs. The hours are from dawn to dusk seven days a week. Location: 4660 Crow Canyon. Directions: At the end of Paradise Knls off of Center St.

1 acre fenced dog park w/shade/water/benches. Open 8 am to dusk daily, surface comprised of cedar playground chips. Two shade structures within the park for people. Location:Del Mar Drive at Pine Valley Road within the PG&E Right of Way, adjacent to the Iron Horse Trail. Directions:San Ramon Valley Blvd to Pine Valley Road, to Del Mar.

Between Lincoln Way, Martin Luther King Jr., 5th, and 7th Streets

Washington, Sacramento, Gough, and Laguna Streets. 650-666-7200.