Fort Ethan Allen Park

I have brought my dog here several times because it is on the way to/​from work. The park itself is a nice size, pretty well maintained, has water and places to sit. The park if I were just ranking the actual park would be a 3 or 4.
The thing with this park that you should know is that it is all «regulars» who treat the park like it is their personal back yard. I have been here several times where an aggressive «regular» dog isn’t removed because the owner operates like it is their own personal park.
Overall the park is a nicely laid out but if you aren’t a «regular» expect for the normal rules of dog parks (e.g., removing aggressive dogs) to not be followed. You’ll be a guest in someone else’s dog park.

Great park for kids! Kind of hard to find. Go past the «ft ethan allan park» sign to the community center, the park is behind the center. Completely fenced in both toddler & preschool equipment. Very age appropriate equipment. Tot lot is in a large sandbox. Many push cars on black top area, bring chalk! Regulation size basketball court-​2 hoops. Dog park to the side of kids park. Lots of benches, bathroom inside the community center! Drinking Water fountains in park. 2 large playing fields

I have visited Fort Ethan Allen dog park a couple times now and I have liked it. It is off the beaten path a little, but definitely worth it in the warmer season as there is a lot of shade for both the dogs and the owners. The park is nicely fenced in and has water pumps and bowls. However, if you are looking for a mulched or grassed dog park… this one isn’t for you. The park is filled with the small gravel type of material.

Nice park next to the Madison Community Center in North Arlington. Good playgrounds for the kids and a basketball court. It also has a separate, fenced-​in dog park for those with dogs. The two fields are surrounded by the earthwork berms of the Civil War-​era fort. I understand Arlington County is going to put up some displays to explain the significance of the site, which once protected the approach to Washington from the north along the Potomac from those pesky Confederates. Nice park with a interesting dose of history.

We brought our dog here often a few years ago as a puppy, before we changed over to Clarendon dog park, and returned here with her this week with nostalgic memories… only to find it inhospitable. It was a beautiful day, but we only stayed 20 minutes, because 1) all the mulch has been turned into gravel. Literally the entire dog park is just gravel. No mulch, no grass whatsoever. 2) One dog at either end of the (small) dog park would not stop barking at all. Continuous barking. The owners made no real effort to stop it, despite large posted signs saying that continuous barking is not permitted.
3) BEES. Huge numbers of bees, from the very small to the very, very large, clustered around different parts of the dog park, particularly any areas that had water for the dogs. At least 100 bees in the dog park.
Go to Clarendon or Shirlington.

We bring our dogs here often. They have gone through a series of rebuilds in the last couple of years and seem to have settled on a new surface as well as fixed the plumbing and drainage problems. The people who go to the park are «regulars». We’ve definitely seen the same faces over the years. The park is a nice size, has high enough fences that our dogs (who can be kangaroo like at times) can’t hop over. They have a working water fountain (three different levels, one at dog height) that is turned off in winter.
There is a nice deck, benches and many tress so that you can always find a nice spot of shade. One word of warning, and my reason that this star count isn’t higher, the surface that they use, while very friendly to the pooches paws, is like sandpaper on hardwood floors — you really do have to rinse the dogs paws off before bringing him in if you have wood floors or risk major damage.

Nice dog park, decent-​sized and fenced in case you are worried about your dog. Park in the City’s lot at the beginning of the street (at the corner of N. Old Glebe) where there is a lot of parking, and you only have to walk down two buildings to get to the park anyhow. I saw a lot of dog bowls left out, but I brought my dog’s own water, so they may have a water fountain there too?