Hike and swimming for dogs. Highway 70, West on Bucks Lake Road for 12 miles.

32 miles of shoreline. Hiking is off-leashed outside the campgrounds. Highway 70, take Lake Davis Road or Grizzley Road for 7 miles to the lake. 916-836-2575. Road

Highway 36, Northwest on Willow Way.

1.4 million acre forest with volcanic features. No dogs in the Lassen Volcanic National Park. But there are over 300 miles of forests, including Spattercone Trail. Forest Headquarters: 55 S Sacramento St., Susanville, CA 96130,

25 mile trail. Highway 36 to South Lassen Street, turn left and go for 4 blocks.

A crystal clear lake that has 60 miles of shoreline. Highway 20, go North on Marysville Raod/County Road E21 for 15 miles to Bullard’s Bar Reservoir. One mile past the town of Dobbins.

Leashless except for the Northwest portion during May 15 to July 15 because to the deer fawning. Forest Headquarters: Highway 49 and Coyote Street, Nevada City, CA

5,000 ares of marshlands, grasslands, and riparian forests. Hwy 162, South on Larkin Road.

Camping, 1,000 acre lake, and lots of oak trees. Highway 20 East 12 miles from Marysville and turn North on Marysville Road and continue for 10 miles. 916-692-1600.

Interstate 80, exit Sacramento St., right on Nile Street, and when the road comes to a ‘T’, go right.

2,250 acre park. Dogs are allowed leashless in the undeveloped areas, North or Upper Park Road, only the lakes are off limits. In the developed areas West of Manzanita Ave., dogs can go leashless before sunrise to 8:30am. Highway 99, go East on Bruce Road, left on Chico Canyon Drive, left at Manzanita Avenue, and continue for about half a mile to Upper Park Road.

Highway 267, drive Northeast, make a right on Glenshire Drive to Glenshire Bridge, right onto a dirt road after the bridge and park in the flat dirt area near the river. 916-587-3558.

Open 8am to dusk, park is partially fenced. There is a creek and a pond for dogs to play in. There are picnic tables, water but turned off in the winter, restrooms, parking, handicap access, and poop-bags. This area is a multi use area so there maybe be people flying kites or planes. The field is huge, therefore lots and lots of room to run. This area gets warm in the summer as there is no trees. Location: Sierra Street and McCarran Blvd. Directions: From Interstate 80 take the Virginia Street exit. Sierra Street is west of Virginia Street, go north on Sierra Street, Rancho San Rafael Park is on the left. Enter the park, go through the stop sign and turn right into the parking lot with the restrooms. Dogs must be leashed as they cross the field to the park. The dog park is the area enclosed with the white fence.

Interstate 5, East on South Avenue for 8 miles.

Fully fenced, benches, water ( but turned off during winter), cement patio with cover otherwise area is dirt. Location: Lakeside and Mountain View, north field. Directions: From Highway 395 take the Plumb Lane exit, follow Plumb Lane west until Lakeside Drive and turn left. Follow Lakeside Drive and turn right onto Mountain View, dog park will be on the left side.