Fenced dog parks, open-space voice-control areas and the two state-park off-leash areas, with the posted rules, license requirements and fees for each. Eleven of our 12 cities have listings.
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Colorado has two kinds of off-leash space, and the difference matters for a dog that does not have a reliable recall. Fenced dog parks are the city-run enclosures most people picture: Rampart Park in Colorado Springs, East Boulder with its separate large- and small-dog areas, Tony Grampsas in Golden. Open-space voice-control areas are unfenced: Colorado Springs runs three of them alongside its fenced parks, Westminster Hills next to Arvada covers hundreds of acres, and Durango's Smelter Mountain dog park is a hillside, not a pen. In a voice-control area the dog must come when called every time, and the surrounding trails are usually leash-only.
Boulder is the special case. Boulder Revised Code 6-1-16 requires a hand-held leash everywhere except fenced dog parks and OSMP trails posted for Voice and Sight. To use those trails off leash you need a Voice and Sight tag: a city dog license first, then a free online course repeated every five years, then the tag through DocuPet ($13 for city residents, $75 from out of county). Without the tag, 90 miles of OSMP trail are leash-only for you.
Cherry Creek and Chatfield State Parks each have a large dog off-leash area (DOLA) with creek access. They are fee areas: a $3 daily or $25 annual off-leash pass on top of park entry, and the normal CPW six-foot leash rule applies everywhere else in the park.
Licensing matters too. Denver's parks require a Denver license, current rabies and spay/neuter or an Intact Permit, with no more than two dogs per handler; West Arvada requires a current license; Colorado Springs' fenced parks require licensed dogs not in breeding condition. Littleton has no dog license and asks for a rabies tag instead. Each card lists the posted rules.
Only cities with listings appear here. Each city page has a map, filters and the policy for every place.
31 W Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
City fenced dog park in Antlers Park with double gates and separate small-dog and large-dog play areas on synthetic turf; standard city dog park rules apply.
4790 E County Line Rd, Littleton, CO 80126
Enclosed two-acre off-leash bark park with separate areas for smaller and larger dogs; South Suburban's dog park rules apply, including licensing, vaccination, a three-dog limit and no puppies under four months.
N Julian St between W 4th & 5th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
Off-leash dog park; dogs must be licensed in Denver, current on rabies, and spayed/neutered or hold a Denver Intact Permit, with no more than two dogs per handler.
21st St & W Rio Grande St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
El Paso County's 25-acre fenced off-leash park with a separate 2-acre small/senior dog area; dogs must be leashed until inside, owners must carry a leash, dogs must be spayed/neutered, vaccinated, licensed and over 4 months.
W 46th Ave & Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO 80212
Off-leash dog park; dogs must be licensed in Denver, current on rabies, and spayed/neutered or hold a Denver Intact Permit, with no more than two dogs per handler.
13655 E Alameda Ave, Aurora, CO 80012
Fenced off-leash area inside a city park; dogs must be leashed elsewhere in Aurora parks and on trails.
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For off-leash trails rather than parks, see off-leash trails near Denver and the leash rules by land manager. If recall is the problem, local trainers can send free quotes.
A dog park is fenced; your dog can be off leash inside the gate with no recall required beyond basic manners. A voice-control area is open land where off-leash is legal only while the dog responds to your commands and stays close. Colorado Springs, Westminster Hills near Arvada, Boulder's OSMP trails and Durango's Smelter Mountain all work this way.
License your dog with the City of Boulder through DocuPet, complete the free online Voice and Sight course, then register for the tag; the fee is $13 for city residents and $75 for out-of-county dogs, and the course repeats every five years. The tag must be displayed on the collar. Visitors can get one, which is why so many out-of-town dogs wear the green tag.
Yes. Both are inside state parks, so you pay the park entry fee plus an off-leash pass, $3 per day or $25 per year, which at Chatfield covers a handler and up to three dogs. Outside the marked off-leash area the CPW six-foot leash rule applies, including on the trails you walk in on.
In most of our cities, yes, and some parks check. Denver parks require a Denver license plus rabies and spay/neuter or an Intact Permit; West Arvada requires a current license; Colorado Springs fenced parks require licensed dogs. Littleton has no license but requires a rabies tag. Each city hub on this site lists the license cost and where to get it.
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