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About Tacoma Dog Park

Check out how the first off leash dog park in Tacoma came to be at Rogers Park. Read and see how people joining together for an important cause can have a huge impact on what happens in our towns. Rogers Park is near the old Rogers Elementary School on Tacoma’s eastside. It is fully fenced and has a drinking fountain, play equipment, bench and shelter. It’s a great place for canines and their owners to socialize and play!

After a series of public forums in Summer 2000, Metro Parks Tacoma appointed a Citizens Advisory Panel to help create a pilot program for off leash areas for Tacomans. We are happy to report that the first legal dog park in Tacoma opened in 2004 at Rogers Park. Read the story as it unfolded on the timeline page.

If you’re not from Tacoma then just know it is a beautiful town where nature will surround you, history will teach you and art will cultivate you. If you ever come visit, now you know you can bring your four legged companion to stay at the pet friendly hotels and they can run like crazy at Rogers Park.