El Estero Lake Dog Park

Do you think you've seen and done it all in Monterey? With the Original Monterey Walking Tours, you can get away from the crowds and experience Monterey up close and personal. These Monterey guided tours are amusing, highly regarded, and enjoyable for all ages, earning us the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the fifth year in a row! Our Historic Monterey walking tours will take you on a personal Path of History as we discover the Cradle of California, from the Spanish explorers to the statehood of California to the twenty-first century. Hear about the original adobes, Monterey State Historic Park's buildings, and the lives of the early residents. The Original Monterey Walking Tours will give you a new perspective for living in old California when you return home. Walking tours of Cannery Row will transport us back to the days when Monterey was known as "the Sardine Capital of the World." See Ocean View Boulevard in its prime in the 1930s, observe the sea otters, and explore the locations and people made famous by John Steinbeck.

The Ghost Trolley welcomes dogs under 40 pounds on the Ghost Tour of Old Monterey! On this guided tour, see the oldest church in California, Monterey's historic cemetery, and historic and recent sighting places. Well-behaved, leashed pets under the weight restriction are permitted on the tour if the other tour participants are not terrified of dogs and the dog is not disruptive.

Dust Bowl Brewing Co. is a brewery based in the United States. Tap Depot is a pet-friendly establishment. Visitors to this Monterey brewery and taproom may fill up their growlers in a historic train depot. Dogs are allowed on the terrace, where you may get meals from one of the revolving food trucks. They are open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day of the week.

On one of the dog-friendly Monterey Bay Whale Watch boats, you can share a one-of-a-kind whale-watching experience with your canine buddy. This tour company, which is open all year, has the highest success rate in the area for whale and dolphin sightings. Each boat tour is led by skilled and experienced marine scientists and is piloted by captains with over 20 years of experience. Gray, Humpback, Killer, and Blue Whales, as well as dolphins, porpoises, sea otters, seals, and sea lions, can all be seen depending on the season.

The Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail is one of 1600 rail-trails supported by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a countrywide network of trails from abandoned rail lines and connecting corridors. This "rail-trail," which was once an abandoned railroad line, is now a terrific spot to walk Petzooie in Monterey!

This off-leash dog park in Monterey comes complete with shade, chairs, mulched ground, a small dog area, and even a fire hydrant.