Best Dog Park Waterbury Near Me

4worldlovers: Throughout October, we are asking for donations to support the Dog Park. We are not a town park, so everything required to keep the park open and running comes from YOUR donations. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit corporation, so your donation is tax-deductible and goes 100% to park operations and maintenance. Please help by clicking on Donate Now below, or stop by the park to pick up a mailing envelope. Thank you!

OR...just click on the secure PayPal donation link below. Thank you!

Southbury Dog Park is a 14-acre, off-leash dog park that welcomes all people and dogs! We have a fenced-in small-dog area, a huge open field, a beautiful and accessible river, two wooded trails, tables and benches, and plenty of poopy bags! Come by and say hello! Sustained by volunteers and hundreds of donors, we're at 236 Roxbury Road in Southbury (just inside the entrance to O&G Industries). We'd love to see you!

We love our dog park, and we know it's great! But...it's nice to be recognized by others, too. Recently, the website “BarkPost” named Southbury Dog Park one of the “Top 16” dog parks in the U.S. and the best in the Northeast! Thanks, BarkPost!

The dog park is a fun, friendly, and happy place to be, for dogs and people alike! With lots of tables and benches, trails to explore, and access to the Pomperaug River, we know you'll love it, too! Stop by soon, at 236 Roxbury Road, Southbury, just inside the entrance to O&G Industries.

The Dog Park is on land owned by O&G Industries. To be a good guest, please follow these rules, so that we can continue to enjoy O&G's hospitality safely and pleasantly.

· You must leash your dog(s) when entering and exiting the park.

Remember: YOU are responsible for your dog! By State law, you are responsible for damages or injuries inflicted by your dog.

"Friends of the Southbury Dog Park, Inc." is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving the Southbury Dog Park. Our all-volunteer Board of Directors is dedicated to ensuring that the Dog Park is a safe, pleasant, and fun place for dogs and thier people. To support the park, we ask park visitors for donations, 100% of which go to park maintenance, upkeep, and improvement. The Board of Directors is:

"Thank you so much for giving a place for Sable to run, swim, and socialize!" --D. M.

"LOVE having access to this amazing park. Thank you for all you do!" -D.C.

"Our two dogs have passed on, but the park is a fantastic place to be, with lots of memories." -D.C.

The Southbury Dog Park only exists through the generosity of O&G Industries, which has for 17 years now allowed the Dog Park to use its land. So...when you see this sign at at 236 Roxbury Road in Southbury, you'll know why all the doggies say "Woof, woof, woof!" (Translation: "This is the entrance to the dog park!")

Recently, we planted two beautiful new Red Maple trees to replace one that didn't make it through the drought.

We also installed a sturdy, new fence at the rear of the small-dog area, and we are getting very positive feedback about it.

4worldlovers: All visitors must practice social distancing, and should not visit the park if ill.


The water features of the dog park will not be turned on during this phase of the reopening.

4worldlovers: We set out to create a safe and clean community park where humans and canines could socialize in the center of town. In 2018 the town of Woodbridge granted us use of a beautiful flat section of the 139-acre town-owned Fitzgerald Property – part of the Town Center Campus.

Since the town advised that no town funds would be used to create or maintain the dog park, we set out to raise the $70,000 needed to construct the park. We obtained our 501(c)(3) non-profit designation as The Woodbridge Dog Park Cooperative, and in one year raised the funds necessary to begin construction. In December of 2019 we proudly opened the gates to our fully fenced-in dog park. Based on extensive research we made sure that our park offers current safety features – including an enclosed entrance foyer for leashing and unleashing dogs and a separate area for smaller, older or less active dogs.

We continued to raise funds to add safety measures and creature comforts. To welcome those with mobility challenges, we extended the stable surface leading from the parking lot down a wide walkway into the entry foyer and through a 10′ section in the main dog area, which also includes an accessible bench framed by a raised garden and a shade tree.

Through generous donations we have been able to plant 16 mature trees and install 10 dedicated benches. This spring we hope to do some additional landscaping.