Sutter's Landing Regional Park — Attraction in Sacramento

This dog park is great because of its size, the location, the 2 fenced off areas that are in place for small dog owners and big dog owners to let their pups play makes it nice for small dogs to play with pups their own size. I'm glad my girl can be on the big dog side and run. There are some spots of shade that you have to strategically sit under depending on the time of day, and they have benches and random chairs too. Garbage bins to dump poop with scoopers as well if you forget your bag. Some small trees have been planted that will be gorgeous when they grow more and plenty of water bowls, balls and a kiddie pool that is gross and unmentionable but that means the dogs love it! There isn't any grass which is why it's not a 5 star park--the dogs get real dirty fast and he bark can hurt their paws. People are friendly for the most part. We've been going enough that we've made some friends which is great. I enjoy talking to people as I'm new to the area. But I do think owners need to keep an eye on their dogs more and enforce training commands. I have seen more than one big dog turn aggressive on another and some have come up to my girl and crossed the line of rough play to dangerous. She's a submissive and incredible with other animals including cats so when she gets scared I know it's too much. Kudos to those who pay attention to their 4 legged kids rather than their phones. SF had similar problems but it seemed because having a dog was a privilege, dog owners there were more attentive. I didn't see...

I'm new to the area and was a little apprehensive about taking my dog to a new place. He tends to look a little aggressive because he has not been socialized so much. So he doesn't really know how to make friends. I keep him leashed and muzzled to keep others comfortable and until he relaxes then I took off muzzle. The parking could use a little help because it is difficult for my mom to get there and the walk is long using her walker, the trail is smooth enough for someone with a walking chair (not standard walker). The water is nice (little cold) easy to access not too strong of current, and under water is soft to walk not rough and rocky. There is shaded areas to sit, Bring a blanket there are no benches that I saw. There were people that walked further along I can't comment about the access further up or down from the main beach I was on. There were only myself and 3 others there, nobody seemed to mind my dog at all as he was very well behaved, this was his first time learning how to swim and he loved it. Right before we left another lady brought her dog and was throwing the ball for hers, when my funny boy saw that he got very excited and wanted to play ball. However it was time to go.. it's been 4 days and he has had his ball in his mouth sitting by the door waiting to go back... I think today is a good day to take him back with his ball😁. I am very happy that I have found a place to take my four...

So. There's so much to unpack at this park.

It's got a skate park that desperately needs funding.

The dog park is horrifically moronic. People send their dogs to run around on gravel when less than 100ft away there's 100x the size of lush green grass that's already fenced in, but its private property which is doing absolutely nothing. The stupidity appears to be local to sacramento because the newest dog park is also all gravel. If you have a dog and bring them there, it's really bad for their feet, which is obvious when they have bloody paws. But the dust kicked up is gonna be the thing that kills your dog. Dont torture your dog at this park. Walk down to the river, it's nice sand and cool water. The dogs love it.

Which brings up the river and the walk. Its trashed. Kids rage parties and dont clean up. Homeless do the same. This place is very close to me and hot summer days my dog needs it. I've made it a tradition to always bring a garbage bag on my walks and always its completely filled in no time at all. Sacramentos 30k homeless live here. It's very evident. If walking the trails I recommend staying close to them....