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Great Dane at Capital Reef National Park, a 1 paw park. Not very dog friendly.
K'Ehleyr at Capital Reef NP

I have previously written about a number of pet friendly National Parks and Monuments but unfortunately many of them are not very friendly.  

-Many of these parks get what I call a 1-PAW rating. 

This means that dogs are allowed in the park but only in paved areas, campgrounds and on roads. There are no pet friendly trails.  I’m not saying these parks aren’t worth visiting because they are but you need to be aware that you may not be able to see as much of the park as you would like to when you have your dog with you.  Traveling with a hard-sided camping trailer or RV gives you the flexibility to leave your pet for short lengths of time and still enjoy the park.   Many of the parks also have nearby National Forest or State parks which are pet friendly allowing your pets to enjoy some hiking or other activities with you.

This is a list of some of the 1-PAW parks we have visited with our dogs:

AZ

CA

CA

CA

CA

CA

CA

CA, NV

CO

ID

NM

NM

OR

SD

SD

TX

TX

UT

UT

UT

UT

UT

UT, AZ

WA

WY

WY

Wupatki Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

 Lassen Volcano National Park

 Lava Beds National Monument

 Pinnacles National Park

 Point Reyes National Seashore

 Redwood National Park

 Yosemite National Park

 Death Valley National Park

 Colorado National Monument

 Craters of the Moon National Monument

 Canyon de Chelly National Monument

 Carlsbad Caverns National Park

 Crater Lake National Park

 Badlands National Park

 Jewel Cave National Monument

 Big Bend National Park

 Guadalupe Mountains National Park

 Arches National Park

 Canyonlands National Park

 Capitol Reef National Park

 Natural Bridges National Monument

Zion National Park

 Dinosaur National Monument

 Mount Rainer National Park

 Devil’s Tower National Monument

 Yellowstone National Park

National Park Dog pet rating system

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. neihtn2012

    Useful information. Thanks for sharing.

    1. WolfHartt Images

      You are welcome. We have been adding some more parks to our list this summer and I hope to have time to write them up soon.

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