Seal Point Dog Park

This dog park has it’s pluses and minuses. We finally came to it because so many people we met at other dog park raved about it and how big and special it was. Well based off that we just had to come… but it is not some amazing glorious place. It is just another gravel dog park… under electrical lines.
Pros:
It is large and has a separation for large and small dogs
There are places to sit
It is clean and basically poop free
Lots of parking
Cons:
Completely made of crushed granite/​gravel (my dog ran and ran and ran one day and had road rash from it, ouch!)
No water dispensers inside the park, we fill up a water bottle and our own bowl and bring it with
It is literally underneath power lines and they buzz loudly, it just isn’t very pleasant
There is literally no shade and on a hot day it is like a desert
If you want a truly amazing dog park go to the one in Petaluma off Lakeville highway. Now that is the biggest dog park I have ever seen, and encompasses large rolling grassy hills.

What a beautiful Park to walk your dog! Beautiful views great trails! I have my own Dog Walking business Dogs Love To Walk in Foster City and will be walking my dogs here!

Seal point park is a great park. It’s too bad that there are visitors who are not good citizens; not cleaning up their dogs poop; and a few who let their dogs off leash. Last summer someone broke a bottle up top near the trash cans. It remained there for a week so I went to the ranger (who was sitting at his computer) who didn’t bother to get and greet me. I mentioned the glass and how dangerous it was to the dogs. His answer was” oh the kid volunteers will be cleaning the park over the weekend so they will remove the glass. «The glass was still there the next week.
Why are we paying such city employees to be so blasé and lazy. I didn’t have his badge number or name so I never followed up. I was disgusted.
So please be a good citizen so we can all enjoy the park safely!

I really like this place for exercising. I had heard about it and had been wanting to go for awhile. I took my dogs and we ran up and down the stairs that are above the dog park. Not too hard to find with a little exploring. There were paved trails and the stairs and at the bottom there are two patches of turf to do exercises or lunch, whatever! Down by the water it doesn’t smell so great. The water is disgusting and I don’t understand how someone could kayak through that, but to each their own. I had a nice little lunch up top with a great view of the bay bridge and the San Mateo bridge. It was a great sight to see. I wasn’t able to check out the dog park but it looked nice enough.

We’ve been coming to this dog park now ever since we rescued and adopted Jackson Louie back in 2012. It’s now 2016, and we continue to enjoy coming here. We also have a resident dog «Nathan» (fostering) who may actually, be staying with us permanently since no one wants to adopt him (cute little booger). But If you live nearby or visiting the area, and are looking for a space to exercise your dog, we’d like to share some fun facts why Seal Point Dog park might work out for you…
Pros–
1. — Huge fenced dog park (off leash) both separated for small to medium — large to extra large dogs.
2. — Clean and I think they must have a poop patrol on duty daily. Everyone here too is pretty good at picking up after their pooches. There are also designated areas where they provide a biodegradable poop bags! Quite convenient.
3. — Dogs and Humans are very well socialize, meaning both dogs and humans co-​mingle well with each other. I’ve only witnessed one time where two dog owners didn’t get along, but I think it was more an ego thing.
4. — Water, there is a designated area located at the entrance for water for your pooches. There is a water fountain for dogs and for the humans too! Several water bowls are usually available and kept clean.
5. — There are concrete post throughout the big dog area and a couple of benches with a trellis shade for you humans to rest while your dogs are at play.
6 — Parking is always plenty, and if the lot area next to the dog park is full, there is also a bigger lot on the other side, not too far away.
Cons–
1 — There are no grass other than the edges near the fence. If this is a deal breaker, I recommend walking your dog on a leash around Seal Point Park which is just outside the dog area. There are hills and grass area around the mountain (though during summer months with the drought, they get brown).
2 — On a hot day, there is no shade. There is one trellis in the middle of the big dog area, but it can still get scorching hot during summer months.
Overall, if you’re looking for a solid dog park where you can run your dog off leash with a huge space and play fetch, I highly suggest you give Seal Point Dog Park a visit!
Until then, be kind to one another and Cheers! ~ :p

This park is fantastic. We’ve come here every day for years now and it is big and friendly and mellow (most of the time). It’s my favorite dog park in the bay. The only rival is Fremont dog park.

Overall, this is a great dog park. The one big issue I have is that the fences aren’t high enough. There are definitely some dogs that could easily jump the fence if they have a running start. I’d say that they need to add at least an extra 3 – 4 feet to it. It’s a great park, but the fences just make me feel uncomfortable.

This is a tremendous dog park except for the women who fancy themselves professional dog walkers and who apparently hate men. This is a 3−4-some who bring between 8 and 13 dogs to the park and that is reprehensible. One lady rides around in a motorized wheel chair and on occasion she likes to carry a bottle of liquid with here and spray dogs whose only crime are to saunter up to her for some love. She sprayed my friends dog. If she does it again she will be cited and arrested.

I usually come here with my pooch at the end of the week for a long walk or run in order to tire him out. I live in the Shoreview area, so it’s not a long journey getting to Seal Point. I usually prefer to go to the Joinville dog park, because it has grass and is closer to home (it’s a routine park we go to).
The last couple of times that I’ve been here, there’s been a lot of poop :(Lots of dogs, lots of dog owners, but very conspicuous poops that were not taken care of. Please, please pick up after your dog. My beagle is super curious about everything, from good smells to bad smells, and I would really prefer not to have to clean up after someone’s massive dog or someone’s chihuahua took a pooper in the park.
Otherwise, it’s a huge dog park: there’s a small dog park and a big dog park. The small dog park is much more teeny in size that the big dog park. I generally take my dog to the smaller one, because he’s shy and he tends to wander and I might lose him in the big dog park lol.
A major pro of this park is that there are amenities right next to or inside the dog park: water station, bathroom, parking lot, shaded seating areas.

This place has a huge playground for dogs. They have a small dog and big dog section which is great! There’s also places to sit and watch your furry little friend play their hearts out. There’s also a nearby hill, which will give you a view of the bay all the way to the east bay. You can also count the planes landing at SFO lol which is usually 3 a minute.
Cons: It can be really windy and there is no grass in this park. Be sure to wash your dogs feet from the faucets outside the gate before placing them in your car, I do that just so that the leather is not damaged so much. There’s also bathrooms nearby which is really convenient!!!

My favorite place to take my doggie for some social time. We moved farther away from it but I still make the drive out here.
Pros:
Huge space! Including for the small dog side. Lots of room to run!
Big dog area is huge.
Adjoining park is beautiful, one of my favorite places to run and get a view of the bay.
Huge parking lot.
Plenty of bathrooms for the humans (hey, we all gotta pee too)
Covered sitting areas for the people — you’ll appreciate this during the heat waves.
Right off the 101 highway. No fuss no mess with tons of local traffic (might as well just walk the dog around the block then!)
Cons:
All sand /​dirt ground. No grass :(Doggie comes home quite dusty. However, left behind doo-​doos are very visible… no accidental step-​in! :)
Windy as hell — if it’s moderately windy outside, it is VERY windy here. I remember this running on this stretch of the Bay Trail as well — it IS on the water. Bring a coat and hat if it’s just a little windy in your neighborhood.
Noticed that the trails around the park (not in the dog park itself) have been lined with a LOT of foxtails as of late — please take caution if your doggie enjoys tall grasses, mine always wants to romp in the grass alongside the trails and this is worrisome.

My dogs second home. Huge dog park. One for the small doggies and one for the big dogs. but any dog can visit both. I take my dogs in the bigger area bc there is more room to run around and big dogs to interact with.
I take my dog running up in the hill. He loves it! If you go all the way to the top, you can find a nice view, San Francisco, Oakland, San mateo bridge, etc.

Awesome place to exercise, play with the pooch, and watch the planes fly into SFO with some lunch! Definitely a go-​to spot when in the area!

I just really enjoy this particular dog park. I’ve been bringing my dogs here for years, always knowing there’s gonna be friendly people and pups for my dog to meet. Parking is always available and right next to the gates and there’s other things to do at this location as well. It has a side for big dogs and another for small dogs. It also has poop bags available, along with garbage cans, faucets for water and dog bowls. All around good environment

This place is HUGE!!! I came here with my dog pretty often during my brief stay in San Mateo. There’s an off leash dog park, some trails, and it has some pretty good views. There’s always plenty of parking and it’s really easy to find too.
Only problem was it could get pretty windy and COLD!
Also, there was never a lot of dogs for my dog to play with when we went — there would only be a handful of dogs in the off leash area around 7ish on the weekdays… I wonder where all the other dogs were?

This park is GIGANTIC! …at least the big dog side. There’s a tiny area sectioned off for the smaller pups, but there weren’t many in there since the party was clearly happening where the bigger dogs were.
Main tips:
* YES THIS PARK IS HARD TO FIND. It was my first time and imagine how bewildered I was when the GPS said «YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION» in the middle of a goddamn road, with no road signs indicating a park at this very latitude. You see what looks like some land and trail, and you’ll just have to trust that instinct that there may be dog heaven in that general vicinity.
* Mostly dirt terrain so your pups will go home a little dirtier.
* No water fountains or bowls within the park (but I read another review saying people were abusing the water bowls so I’m not too mad now. There’s a fountain right outside the gate.) so bring your own water/​bowl.
* The park is so big, you WILL lose visual of your dog 70% of the time. Tie a balloon to him/​her.
* Yay for complementary poop bags.
* Everyone’s fairly friendly. Great for me because I always want to pet all the dogs. EVERY SINGLE ONE. GIMME.
I like that this park is right off ⁹²⁄₁₀₁ so I can hop off and on on my way home to SF to tire my furkids out for the night! Looks like a nice trail for hiking with the dogs too if parks aren’t your thing.

Oh wow! Well, if you follow me at all, you know when I am traveling, I visit dog parks for a doggy fix. .. as I have two at home with a dogsitter at those times. We Unilocaled dog parks around Redwood City, and this one came up. We had never been to and certainly did not know about Seal Point, period, let alone the fact that it had an awesome dog park in it! As most dogs parks do, Seal Point has a little dog park and a big dog park. The big dog park is HUGE!!! The biggest I have ever seen! BF and I had a fantastic time watching big dogs tear out as fast they could, running for what seemed like a mile! Happy dogs make us happy, right? Lots of dog smiles at Seal Point. Dog owners were friendly and talkative and did not mind us petting their dogs. One stopped and chatted with us about the history of Seal Point and the fact that it used to be the city dump a long time ago. Well, they are certainly making good use of it now! And I won’t even go into how the bay is just over the hill…so put the leash on and go for a run by the water after you play a while!

I took Bubs here last Sunday. First off, I want to warn people that it’s not easy to find (at least for me). The area is pretty secluded and you have to make a left on a side road to get to the dog park. Luckily there was another car and I followed it in, parked in the same area, and walked with her to the dog park which was off a pedestrian path. (I knew she was going to the dog park because of the dogs in her car)
When we arrived, I noted on how pretty the area was. The dog park was big sized area and single fenced. I liked that it was a shared space for both small and big dogs. (I know that my dog likes to be around bigger dogs even though he’s small, but when I go to dog parks where there are 2 areas, I don’t like bringing him in the big dog area in case someone’s bigger dog is uncomfortable around smaller dogs) The space was mostly grassy, with a water fountain, and a few different places to sit down. I also liked that there were trees in the area that provided a bit of shade and he liked peeing on the base of the trees.
I’d def. bring him here again.
Ladies– don’t forget hair ties, b/​c it does get a bit windy being so close to the Bay.
I ended up talking to the lady that I followed in. She was really nice and friendly to both me and Bubs. There were some other Gray Hound people that didn’t talk much, but they weren’t rude. It wasn’t very busy at the time that I went so no complaints on weirdos.

As a small dog owner, I find this dog park to be the worst for them on the Peninsula, along with Burlingame. Too dirty, very little shade, never many other small dogs to play with and all dirt. When I go to the dog park, I want my dogs to play with other small dogs, but always have ending up going to the aforementioned «big dog area».
Although this cannot be compared to other Foster City or San Mateo parks the way it is setup, it’s not for me. Those parks have well maintained real grass or fake grass. The only other small dog park that doesn’t have grass I know about it Orange Memorial Park in So. City, but it’s full of dogs.

Love walking here but there are some strange people. Too many aggressive dogs in the dog park for comfort.
More park service patrols please. So the guy in the gold Nissan Pathfinder that I found washing his dog shit stained towel (claimed to have stepped on dog poo) in the dog WATER bowl, and then got aggressive because I called him out for it… I say ‘shame on you!’ Park service is now removing ALL dog water bowls from the parks because of people like you using the bowls for the wrong reasons. Credit to the water maintenance guy who went to check on the rest room. Never see a park person ever patrolling. We’re a crowded city now and lots of nastyness about — please catch the twits