Glenbrook Ravine Park

This is my absolute favourite place to get out and walk our dog (on leash).
You wander past the Glenbrook Amenities Centre (which really, is just a Hall that houses a daycare and can be rented out for weddings), and through a path which takes you beside a beautiful pond (sometimes you can see a turtle or two), and extremely unique landscaping. There is grass for the kids to play on, a few benches, and of course, a garbage can for all your needs. Ample garbage cans are most definitely a necessity if you have a dog… Or mess… Or anything really.
Anyway, the path will then split, with one side (to the right) on a on a bit of an incline, and the other side of the path, continuing flat’ish. The inclined path will take you about half-​way through the park (less than a half km), and you can either choose to get out of the park and walk through a residential lane, OR you can walk down the semi steep incline to meet back-​up with the flat’ish path.
The flat’ish path still has an incline (you’ll find that out if you try and run it, and like me, you’re horribly out of shape…) but is suitable for everyone, including gravel-​friendly strollers. Tons of interesting flora/​fauna and straight-​up gorgeous at any time of the year. Big reason why this place is great to walk the dog (for us, at least) is because all the trees limit the pouring rain AND they provide ample shade on those sunny days. Our dog is a little old lady who hates the rain & gets overheated easily… She’s basically a 50lb cat…
You can leave the park through to Victoria Hill, or keep going t’ll the end (about 1 or so KM from the start), where you’ll pop-​up right near Canada Games Pool (not near a Starbucks… Still another few blocks away).

Glenbrook Ravine isn’t much more than a gravel trail in a wooded ravine that cuts between the old BC Pen and Woodlands sites in New Westminster. Not a lot of people visit, though, so it’s a nice place to walk when you’d like to be alone.
The pathway starts out in some nice gardens by the private Glenbrook amenities centre. They’ve got a cute little bridge and pond where old people like to hang out. When I come through with my big charging dog, I always feel like I’m running the gauntlet of old ladies and little yappers.
The ravine itself is pretty wild, with ivy and ferns climbing the steep sides, and blackberry bushes cut right up close to the path. It’s especially nice, though, in the springtime when the trees are all budding out; in the winter, all those bare branches can look a little desolate.
It would be nice if the path was a little more developed — you can exit the park by climbing up the slope to Glenbrook Drive (which hooks up with Sixth Avenue), but it gets a little muddy after the rains. This is where having a dog that pulls on its leash a little comes in handy. And do keep dogs on a leash, as the ravine is inhabited by coyotes.
EDIT: The path has been developed since I wrote this, with a new staircase up to Blackberry Drive and Victoria Hill, and a long series of switchbacks at the end up to Glenbrook Drive. This end of the path ends near a shopping centre with a Starbucks, or you can cross the street to Queen’s Park to keep walking farther on a pathway.