Hercules Dog Park

I took my dog here twice in the afternoons but both time there were just a couple of other dogs around. The place is small for a dog park, feels like a size of my backyard, and it is sitting in a gloomy ditch. Good if you live around here and really have nowhere else to take your dog to. Otherwise drive a little further to Point Isabel or Martinez for better experience. The city of Hercules can probably carve some vacated land near the beach for a new dog park instead of have its residence come to this shady one.

Been here several times with my German Shepherd. Very quiet park, too quiet for us unfortunately. Weekends or weekdays, we have been the only ones here. Nice park set up with two sizeable dog areas for small and large dogs. It is behind the trees and quiet though a little too secluded for my comfort if I didn’t have a huge dog as a deterrent. Great for training but not great if you have a companionship seeking dog who wants to play.

Spacious, lots of shade, several picnic tables inside and outside of the dog runs, nice landscaping, a decent sized hill for dogs who like to climb, water fountain for you and a lower one for your doggy friend, lots of trash cans around and a pet waste station inside the dog run, there’s a training hoop and even a fire hydrant. I’ve yet to come across any trash or pet waste on the ground, there is a lot of bamboo shedding off of the trees everywhere but it actually helps when it’s wet and muddy. Not crowded at all and everyone I’ve come across has been very nice. My only complaint is that there haven’t been any waste pick-​up bags in the dispenser when I’ve come.

Perfect for easy training as rarely a lot of dogs here. Good for ‘distraction’ training your fur baby. Also the regulars that come generally have their dogs under control and are very friendly. It is nice because it is not over run or highly populated. Enough for dogs to run around and have fun, socialize if they can and stretch their legs. So what if there aren’t poop bags go to big lots and go buy some. It is not the city’s responsibility to supply you with bags to pick up your dogs waste. Ijs

A pretty decent dog park. Hard to find though. It’s up the hill past McDonalds and thru the four way stop signs and it’s on your left (next to a school). For some reason whenever I go nobody is there. I went one other time and the big dog park area was taken over by handful of aggressive pitbulls. So that means every other dog was forced in the small dog area (but they weren’t small or fixed for that matter.) The grounds are kept in pretty good shape, has pretty eucalyptus trees surrounding and it’s completely fenced in. Lots of twigs and sticks cover the ground so grab one up and play fetch!

Nice park, hidden away. Built on a hill, although there is some flat ground as well.

Awesome park that’s not too big and not too small. The big dog side had a bunch of trees so I took my three dogs (sheltie, shih tzu, and my current dog in training, shepherd mix) to the small dog area. Nice open field. Some «grass» but mostly mud and weeds. Not bad for dogs that like to run. Soft on their paws! Water station was nice and all the «furniture» was still in great condition. No poop bags so bring your own. You’ll most likely be the only ones at the park. Good for one on one exercise if you don’t have a big yard.

Great park. Not huge but well kept and very nice and relaxing. Can tell some effort was put into the landscape. We have a 65lb coonhound and he had a blast. Is nice at sunset. Bottom line is it’s nice the city puts effort into making any dog park at all so we are happy with it.
But the poop bag dispenser was empty in both the large and small sections of the park. Not a big deal.

I am updating my review because while the scenary is beautiful, there are never any poop bags available in the poop stations and there are fox tails everywhere! Need better maintenence and stronger fencing, the wire is bending between small and large dog sections and I’m worried someone could get hurt.

I loved this park. Yeah there are weeds, but there are worse weeds and not much grass on the street where I live so this was definitely a plus. There are beautiful eucalyptus trees stacked near by and it encloses you in a grassy environment with a hill on the other side that blocks views of traffic. There’s two sections and a picnic area, and one downside is some construction going on at a school next door. other than that, I am a fan, and I’m going back again with my two dogs. Three dogs per owner is the limit, fyi.

It’s a dog-​e-​dog park. Woof…

It was nice before but now there are only weeds. One of my dogs won’t leave the gravel path because he gets stuff stuck in his paws. The last few times I was there, there weren’t any doggy bags.
I live right up the street and it is a shame I have to drive to Pinole.
Hercules, please keep up the dog park, get volunteers to help if you need to! So sad.

I am a Hercules resident and was very excited upon hearing of the opening of a dog park in Hercules.
I attended the grand opening this summer and yes the big dog and little dog parks are spacious and beautiful.
However, there is no grass and plenty of foxtails. My dogs were covered with foxtails (from head to paws).
If you go to the park please remember to check for foxtails which can be very painful.
Because of the foxtails I haven’t been back to the park… I hope the city puts grass instead.

This park is spacious, quiet and very nice. It may be too muddy in rain season but I plan to visit often. It’s great for Hercules.

Gordon Pet Photography highly recommends this dog park. The Eucalyptus grove allows for a nice bit of cool shade while the rest of the park is great for catching the sunshine. Largest small dog area of any separated dog park in the area. Well behaved owners and dogs alike.