Dog Park Locations

This location is in Cummings Park, which is part of a network of parks and public space that runs parallel to Ruston Way along the Commencement Bay shoreline. These parks together make up over three kilometers of public beach. There are several vistas and historic sites in this park system.

Hamilton Park was named after City Attorney Robert Hamilton in 1984.
Before retiring as City Attorney, Robert Hamilton worked for 29 years, and then-Councilmember Jack Hyde recommended naming the lot after him in appreciation of his "long and committed and honorable service."
It's one of the Ruston Way parts managed by Metro Parks Tacoma and owned by the City of Tacoma.

Franklin Park stretches from Lawrence Street to Puget Sound and from South 12th to South 16th Avenues, covering more than 20 acres. The West End Playground Association donated the majority of the land to the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma in 1937 for a "perpetual public park and playground."

The north end playfield project started approximately two decades ago. The late Benjamin L. Harvey's estate provided the initial financial support. Mr. Harvey's mother was named after the field. The park district bought the land at North 39th and Orchard from Pierce county at a tax sale in 1935. During the depression, WPA personnel worked on the site, but the current operations uncovered the 8.5-acre field from beneath a thicket of alders that had grown up during the war years (from "Long-Planned North End Playfield is Growing" in the May 28, 1948 Tacoma Labor Advocate).

Trails and nature watching options are available in this area of wildness surrounding a lake.

With a soccer field, walking pathways, and play equipment, this little park caters to the recreation needs of its neighbors.
In 1981, this 2.68-acre community park was constructed.

At the southern end of the esplanade, it provides 2.5 acres of much-needed waterfront park space with esplanade paths, seats, picnic spaces, green space, landscaping, and parking. It is part of Tacoma's downtown waterfront renovation.

The DeLong property was purchased by the Tacoma School District in 1948. (the school site plus 8 acres to the east of the school). They established DeLong Elementary six years later.* As the community grew around the school, neighbors formed the DeLong Park Recreational Association (DPRA) in 1973 to drive the development of an 8-acre tract adjacent to the school into a park. The Tacoma School District was dumping waste materials from other schools and projects at the time.

A modest park with a tremendous impact is tucked away next to McCarver Elementary. The park's art is the focal point, as evidenced by the two giant concrete eggs, which are adorned with vivid, multi-colored tiles in the style of Ukrainian Easter eggs, or "pysanky," and feature shapes inspired by nature and children's art. Clare Dohna, a local artist, designed and erected two eggs that are similar but different. The artwork was created as part of the redevelopment of McCarver Park following the kidnapping and murder of Zina Linnik, a 12-year-old girl, in 2007.

Ferry Park, located at South 14th and Cushman, was Tacoma's first park. C.P. donated this modest park, which is just over half an acre in size. On May 14, 1883, he married Evelyn Ferry. The C.P. was platted by Colonel Ferry. The city added the Ferry Addition and set aside this plot of land for a park. He wanted to show the new and rising city of Tacoma how the European tradition of tiny parks strewn among residential neighborhoods might add to the city's charm and attractiveness.