Grandview Off Leash Park

Wowowow this park is HUGE!

I had never come here before until we met up with a friend for a puppy play date. I've seriously never seen a dog park this big. It overlooks all of Kent too, and you can see the mountains and the sunset here is amazing! So not only does the dog get to have fun, but you're somewhere suuuper beautiful at the same time!

They have lawn chairs out for people to sit on, there's complimentary doggy bags, and there's a place for the dogs to hydrate.

No complaints - we'll definitely be back!

My dog LOVES this place but watch out someone likes to break into cars. They stole our kids school laptops, bag packs and my 2yr old diaper bag...

This has been my favorite place to take my pup as of late! The view itself deserves 5 stars! Obviously, this park is enormous! I love coming here with the intention of getting a little workout in myself! We've been here multiple times but there are still a bunch of trails and areas that we've yet to explore.

Almost every dog and owner I've met here have been friendly. At smaller parks I notice that people love to bring their small, aggressive dogs and it's hard to get away from them. That's not a problem here since there are so many different areas for dogs to roam around!

I usually stay in the area up the hill, closer to the entrance. It's mostly grass here and as you go down the hill, there's a large sandy area where a lot of bigger dogs play. There's an agility course down there too!

You have to be careful of a few things here:
1. It seems that car break ins are quite common. I've gone into the park and came out to find shattered glass on the ground. I make it a point to not leave ANYTHING visible in my car. You should too!
2. Tall grass and inattentive owners = dog poop in hiding!! Don't wear your good shoes here, I've come close to stepping in poop way too many times.

I love this dog park but I do have a problem with dog walkers who can't keep up with the pets they're handling.
You'll find rogue poop in here so watch out when you're walking your dog to the obstacle course or to the shed.
Water is also turned off during the winter so heads up if you're bringing your dog here.
You can also suffer from the sweltering heat. There's not many trees here but you get a magnificent view of Mt. Rainier. Too bad they added new housing development to the view.
My biggest issue here is my dog got sick the last time we took her here. They collect water through jugs during the rainy season so I'm assuming my dog got it when we were playing by the shed. No antibiotic could heal our dog. Once the treatment was over, the illness is back with vengeance. What helped is bland diet (chicken breast & broth/rice), lots of probiotic and some Vibactra homeopathic drops on her food.
She's okay now but we're still worried it might come back. We're staying away from Grand View but we're back at French Lake.
Grand View is a wonderful huuuge dog park. Beware that it's size and it being maintained by volunteers can be an issue (city controls the water).

Not what I had expected as I am use to Magnuson where they have a fenced off area for the small dogs, especially having my brother's dog who loves to "run away". However, the views of Mt. Rainer are gorgeous on a summers day and the people who go there are pretty friendly.

This dog park is HUGE! Plenty of water for the doggies to drink, they had a couple kiddy pools for the dogs to cool off during this summer's heat and lots of tennis balls to play fetch with.

I would totally come back now knowing my brother's dog stays relatively close to me (I had to bring treats in case he ran off). I just wish they had a fenced off area so I didn't have to restrict him, to allow him to roam and run free.

Love this park. This is our go to and it's all volunteer based. I had made donations here before and I hope others will too so this amazing dog park will never shut down. Thank you to all the amazing people. This park is huge and it's actually a good little walk if you don't feel like running.

My Luka just Loves this park! She gets so excited when she see's that we are at her favorite park that her little knub for a tail starts to wag so hard that it lift's her little booty off the ground! It's so cute when she does that!

Great park. Huge running areas. Lots of sitting places for people along the way. The water stations were not very well equipt but lots of pooo bags and trash cans provided

Very big and gated so it gives some comfort! Took my pup here for her first time at any dog park and FIRST time off leash, all the dogs there were very friendly and so were the owners. The view is great!

I have to unfortunately update my review for Grandview.

This place is so close to my apartment and the park itself is amazing, if my dog and I could go and be alone it would be the PERFECT place. This update has nothing to with how the park is kept up, the grounds itself or the volunteers that donate their time and energy to make this place what it is.

However, as mentioned in my previous review my dog got sick when we came here once. Now, we have been back a few times but this most recent time he got an eye infection which cost me about $150 for an exam, shots and medication. Poor boy :(

The owners that bring their dogs here while they are sick, exhibiting signs of illness or anything like that should be ashamed of themselves! How can you not know that diseases- canine or not- are communicable!

There have been about 5 cases of K9 influenza in Kent lately (as told to me by my vet a week ago) and without the vaccination some dogs can get incredibly sick and die! Of course I got my little guy the vaccine but I cannot in good conscience leave my 5 star review up without warning owners about the high risk of illness here due to irresponsible pet owners.

My dog and I love this park but honestly I'm so afraid to bring him here again since he's gotten sick twice now AND the K9 Flu outbreak in the area.. I just can't risk it.