Ike Memorial Park — Attraction in Vancouver

Best dog park ever! This park is so big that all the dogs have adequate space and aren't running into each other or piling around the entrance. All the personal space greatly reduces the risk of fights and aggressive behavior. It's a lot more like being out in nature than in a manufactured dog park. And I really like that the substrate is natural dirt and grass, not woodchips or gravel.

The park has two large flat areas connected by a somewhat steep hill with trees. You can stay in the open areas or seek shade in the trees on hot days. There's more than enough room to play ball or frisbee if your dog enjoys that. You can also get a good walk yourself if you explore the whole area.

There is a water station, but because the park is so big I find it best to take a tote with water and a bowl so my pups can drink even when they're really far from the water.

I've only seen a few "bad apples" in all the times I've been there, but most of the owners are responsible for their dogs and actively intervene if they're being obnoxious or start escalating. Of course, there are always exceptions and the occasional irresponsible dog owner does show up. But, I've never had a serious incident.

The rainy season creates a lot of mud at the bottom entrance, so be careful when climbing the slippery hill and expect your furry one to get pretty dirty during this time. We took our friend's Dogo Argentino last time, and she came in with a white coat and left with a brown one :)

There is a small dog park sectioned off, but it's small and I don't have any experience with it at all.

I've heard stories of car break-ins and the parking lot is not very visible from the park itself. For that reason, I carry my bag with me or don't take one at all.

Overall, this is by far the best park I've taken my dogs to because of it's huge size and...

Located just minutes from the cross section of I-5 and HWY 500 in Vancouver. What a huge park that is located so conveniently close to I-5 for travelers passing through.

I love the diversity of this dog park. It has both a large breed section and a small breed section. The small breed section is typical and not uncommon to other small breed sections of fenced dog parks in the Portland/Vancouver area. The large breed section of the park, however, is enormous and diverse. And there are two entrances to the large breed section. The main entrance and parking lot being located near the south west corner. And the second dual gate entrance located at the very north end of the park with minimal parking.

The main park has a wide open field on the south section with a small grade while walking north, the dog park trail heads up a nice steep hill into a open, but wooded shaded area that looks down on the wide open field that you came from. Continuing to walk north in the shade the park narrows to a roughly 50 foot wide section, and then opens back up again into what feels like a second dog park even though this entire area, both north and south are congruently linked together with out a segregation fence. The north section has benches, steep little hills and lots of geographical diversity for the pups to run around in. This is also where another dual gate entrance point to the park is located.

All the photos and videos I’ve included speak for themselves. Luna and I really enjoy coming...

DONT BRING YOUR DOGS IF YOU DONT WANT THEM INTERACTING WITH FRIENDLY DOGS! love taking my dog here, and my dog has overcome a lot of her shy behavior by interacting with dogs and folks here. But tonight someone brought their dog on a leash (its an off leash park) and screamed at us when we approached (my dog with a happy waggy tail, super comfortable and friendly behavior) that i needed to "control my dog" and to "get away, because shes a puppy". My dog ran around them, obviously trying to get the dog to play, never even touched her dog, and the woman screamed at us until we left. [Theres even a seperate section for little dogs/shy dogs, but this was in the main part of the park, not the seperate area]. I wish people had the common decency to not bring their dog to a dog park if they dont want them interacting with dogs. My dog was friendly and nice, never touched her dog, and she left that park crying and shivering. I hope this incident doesnt put her back on all the months of progress my dogs made to not be...