I absolutely love traveling, the outdoors and spending time with my dog, Nala. When Nala first came home, I was so excited to go exploring and I started searching for places we could go and visit together. I soon discovered that there is lots of information about great hiking trails, but limited information about leash free areas. So, I set out to visit different off-leash parks and share them all with you! This blog is a summary of the York Region dog parks and trails and will be updated as we visit more places. Here is an overview of each park but if you wish to learn more, click the links and visit each individual blog!
In addition to York Region, we also have summary blogs for: Durham Region, South Eastern Ontario and coming soon is Central Ontario. As an illustration, please see the maps below for the off leash dog parks and hiking trails of those areas. Furthermore, you can click our map on our main page for all our off leash dog parks!
York Region Off Leash Dog Park Summary
This is a list of each of the parks we’ve visited with my rating out of 5 tail wags. Overall, ratings are based on size, amenities, terrain, parking availability and location. Click the park total to open a full review of the park and pictures of our visits.
Amazing Park! – 5 Tail Wags 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
Really Great Park! – 4 Tail Wags 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Good Park – 3 Tail Wags 🐕🐕🐕
OK Park – 2 Tail Wags 🐕🐕
Not-so-great Park – 1 Tail Wag 🐕
1. Davis Drive Tract – York Regional Forest – Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 4
Size: North tract 1.4km, South tract 2.9km
Trees & Shade: Forested trail
Amenities: Free parking, trash bins, pond
2. Bendor and Graves Tract – York Regional Forest – Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 4.5
Size: 7.7 km
Trees & Shade: Forested trail
Amenities: Free parking, trash bins, pond
3. Stouffville Roughview Off Leash Dog Park – Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 4
Size: 1 acre
Trees & Shade: Few mature trees and shelter with bench
Amenities: Free parking, trash bins, picnic tables, bench
4. Markham Miller Avenue Off Leash Dog Park – Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 4.5
Size: Two areas: small 20m x 35m, large 50m x 80m
Trees & Shade: Few mature trees and shelter
Amenities: Free parking, trash bins, picnic tables, bench, water tap and bowls, activity structures.
5. Markham Cornell Community Dog Park– Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 3.5
Size: Two areas: Small 20m x 40m and large area 60m x 40m
Trees & Shade: None
Amenities: Free street parking, trash bins, water tap, water bowls, lost and found, picnic tables and washrooms in park.
6. Markham Box Grove Off Leash Dog Park – Rating 🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 3
Size: 60m diameter circle. 1/3 small dog area, 2/3 large dog area.
Trees & Shade: None
Amenities: Street parking, washrooms in park, picnic table, benches, water tap, lost and found and water bowl.
7. Huntington Park Off Leash Dog Park – Rating 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Rating: 4
Size: 65m x 105m
Trees & Shade: Several mature shade trees
Amenities: Free parking, picnic tables, chairs and trash bin
York Region Future Visit Sites
York Region is home to numerous off leash dog parks and off leash hiking trails. We’re excited to visit each one, but this will take a bit of time. In time, as we visit each park, we’ll be sure to update the blog with details of our visit!
A list of some of the parks on our list include:
- Concord / Thornhill Regional Park – Racco pkwy
- Vaughan Legion Park – Legion Court Road
- Vaughan Mackenzie Glen District Park
- Vaughan Matthew Park – Ville Royale Ave
- Sugarbush Heritage Park – Thornhill Woods Drive
- Thomson Creek Parkette – Woodbridge
- Richmond Hill Phylis Rawlinson Off Leash Dog Park
- Vaughan Off Leash Dog Park
- Vellore Dog Park
- Tower Hill Off Leash Dog Park
- Aurora Canine Commons Leash Free Dog Park
- Newmarket Global Pet Foods Dog Park
- Newmarket George Richardson Park
- Richmond Hill Off Leash Dog Park
- Georgina Leash Free Dog Park
