Dog walking in Hayesville

Hayesville

Check out some of Hayesville’s best parks with Fido in its namesake neighborhood! There’s so much to see and sniff in the neighborhood’s Parkdale Park. You and your leashed dog will love taking a walk in this wide open green space. With six acres of grasslands and wetlands, Parkdale Park is a scenic park and a beautiful habitat for wildlife. Hoodview Park is another furrific pet-friendly park in this neighborhood. Take a stroll with your leashed pup on the paved path, relax beneath a shade tree or have a picnic. Hoodview Park has a playground and a doggie waste cleanup station, too.

Sunnyview Rd NE/ Park Ave NE

If you’re in the mood for a relaxing walk with your leashed pup, visit the Sunnyview Rd NE/ Park Ave NE neighborhood in Salem, just two miles from Hayesville. The neighborhood’s Livingston City Park is nestled between a nice, quiet neighborhood and a woofderful school, making it a serene place for a stroll with your four-legged friend. There are tons of mature trees, a paved walking path and a playground. Livingston City Park also has doggie waste cleanup stations, and big, open grassy areas. Lansing Park is another nearby park in this neighborhood where leashed dogs are welcome. You and your pup will love this huge grassy park and the creek that runs through it.

Silverton Rd NE/ Hawthorne Ave NE

There’s furrific fun for the whole family in the Silverton Rd NE/ Hawthorne Ave NE neighborhood! In Salem, just two miles from Hayesville, this neighborhood’s Northgate Park is a woofderful spot to bring the whole pack! Enjoy a picnic at the park’s tables that are shaded beneath mature trees. Take a stroll with your leashed dog on the paved walking path, romp with Fido in the huge open grassy space, and check out the community garden! There is a pawsome playground for kiddos, too. In the spring and summer, you and your pup will love to stop and sniff the blooming wildflowers.

Hyacinth St NE/ Salem Industrial Dr NE

Explore some of Salem’s pawsome parks in this neighborhood, about three miles from Hayesville. Locals dig the neighborhood’s River Road Park. Its paved walking path meanders through the park’s 16 acres along the Willamette River. You and your leashed pup can get some exercise and take in the views from the scenic overlook point on the river. The park also has a playground, restrooms, athletic fields and doggie waste cleanup stations. For another puptastic pet-friendly park in this neighborhood, head to the 10-acre Wallace House Park. This park is a woofderful spot for a walk with your leashed dog with its paved trail and interpretive learning signs that provide information about the area’s fur trading history. There is station with cleanup baggies at Wallace House Park.

Salem City Center/ Willamette U

Raise your paw if you like walks by the river! If so, leash your dog and check out Salem’s City Center/ Willamette U neighborhood green space, Riverfront City Park. About three miles from Hayesville, this park is situated on the banks of the majestic Willamette River. Its 26 acres are home to huge grassy lawns, a walking path, an amphitheater and a playground. There’s also a covered picnic pavilion and a splash pad. The park is also within walking distance to furrific eateries like Rafn. This supper club serves up delicious faire like risotto and artisanal macaroni and cheese on their pet-friendly patio. There are other pawsome parks in this neighborhood that welcome leashed pups, too, including Pringle City Park, Wilson Park, Waldo Park and Marion Square Park.