Dogs on California beaches
California is all about dedicated dog beaches: most city and state beaches don't allow dogs, but official dog beaches let them run off-leash. California State Parks generally don't allow dogs on beaches.
Dogs allowedOff-leash OKLeash requiredNo dogs some hoursNo dogs that dayDog walk (paw marker)Walk route
Tap a beach or walk on the map to see its dog rules. Tapping a walk with a mapped route zooms to the green route line. Use two fingers to move the map on a phone.
- Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Carmel Beach
Carmel-by-the-Sea - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Coronado Dog Beach
Coronado - Off-leash dogs allowed from the day after Labor Day to June 15. Off-leash dogs allowed midnight to 8am, from June 16 to Labor Day. Dogs on a leash the rest of the time
- Off-leash dogs allowed 5am to 10pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 5am and 10pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Huntington Dog Beach
Huntington Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Kehoe Beach
Inverness - Dogs on a leash all year
Kehoe Beach Trail
Dog walk · Inverness - Dogs on a leash all year
Cross Marin Trail
Dog walk · Lagunitas - Off-leash dogs allowed 6am to 8pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 6am and 8pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Rosie's Dog Beach
Long Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Leo Carrillo State Beach
Malibu - Off-leash dogs allowed 4am to 10pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 4am and 10pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Fiesta Island
San Diego - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Ocean Beach Dog Beach
San Diego - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Fort Funston
San Francisco - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Ocean Beach (north of Stairwell 21)
San Francisco - Dogs on a leash from July 1 to May 15. Off-leash the rest of the time
Ocean Beach (Stairwell 21 to Sloat Boulevard)
San Francisco - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Arroyo Burro Beach (east of the estuary)
Santa Barbara - Off-leash dogs allowed midnight to 10am and 4pm to midnight, all year. Dogs allowed the rest of the time (local leash laws apply)
Mitchell's Cove
Santa Cruz - Dogs on a leash all year
Wawona Meadow Loop
Dog walk · Wawona - Dogs on a leash all year
Lower Yosemite Fall Trail
Dog walk · Yosemite Valley
Towns and parks in California
What we coverdog beaches from San Diego to Point Reyes, San Francisco's Fort Funston and Ocean Beach, plus Yosemite: 14 beaches, 4 walks. Next: Orange County and more Los Angeles beaches. Places not on the map aren't checked yet.
Shorebird closuresPiping plover and tern nesting areas close to dogs from spring to fall, and can change daily. Signs on the beach always take priority.
Leash laws"Dogs allowed" means there's no beach rule against dogs that day. Town and state leash laws still apply unless a beach is marked off-leash.