Really nice park with a lot of space. It is right by a school. There is a big playground for the…read morekids. If you head up the stairs, there is a huge field with a large running track around it which worked out well for me. BTW, what's the scoop with the blue balls all around, someone has a sense of humor!

Don't come here for a kids birthday party without a reservation. They do not have public picnic…read moretables (mostly on weekends), when they are "reserved". Pretty ridiculous to have zero public tables at a public park

Such a cool neighborhood park with 3 different sets of slides and some shade. One set of slides is…read morea long run, old school metal with several dips and generally there is cardboard at the bottom you can use to help you get more lift. There is a kiddie playground, too. And there is a basketball half court. Benches and picnic tables for snacks. Nice views of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk in the distance.

A beautiful spot to sit in the shade and read, shoot hoops,or just gaze at the Boardwalk and ocean…read more Street parking only (including two handicapped spots), so try to come on a weekday. Several benches, but we take our folding chairs. Bring the dog -- they can be unleashed in part of the park. A functional restroom with two unisex stalls near the entrance -- an outside sink and soap dispenser complete the facility. I'm experiencing a profound sense of peace, despite the occasional screams from people on the rides at the Boardwalk.

This park is right next to New Brighton State Beach which is a great dog park as well. The Ozzie's…read morepark shares property with a bike pump track and a skate park. There is a both small and large fenced areas. Bonus: there's a water faucet for both dogs and humans. Ambience: This park is workable but without grass it's a little less than ideal. But It's got a cool geometric shape like that of a rhombus. A rhombus!! But what does this nonstandard shape do in the dog park's vortex ? You don't have to be a shaman to know that this shape introduces areas of stagnant chi. Much like wolves and dingoes, Shiba Inu dogs can be frazzled by oddities a Dog Park's "fang shui" (see what i did there?). That's right! A chi-nado!!! See inset of my own Shiba Inu Doge caught in Area of questionable chi flow. Make sure your dog is adequately waited down lest the vortex swoop them up like some Wizard of Oz s&!t !!

This is the 66th dog park I've visited on the west coast. (I'm up to 75 dog parks as of May 2017)…read more Dog park opened at the beginning of June 2016. Is in honor of Joshua Levine who lost his life after being struck by a car and his dog Ozzi never left his side. Overall I stopped going to this dog park: People drop their dogs off and leave a lot. Like daily. Others have said the same thing. I don't care if they are skating, they are just plain gone. They don't know if their dog went to the bathroom and needs to be cleaned up, they are not around but all interior gates are open so I can't go in without possibly letting their dog out. One dog was snarling at me though the gate. People with no dogs sit on the bench in the big dog section and drink alcohol. The stupid irresponsible "pools" (sorry I just have to say this) never get dumped and so tadpoles literally grow in them. If you want a baby in a diaper playing in the "pool" (actually a big sandbox) with your dog have at it, but tainted water should never be an option at dog park. Dogs get sick on that garbage. I have let the "powers that be" know my thoughts (they asked, I told them). Has a big dog side and a small dog side. Has water, bags provided, trash cans, portopotties, paved parking right by the dog park, plenty of shade in the big dog side. The ground now has wood chips. One bench in big dog side. More trash cans to come as they raise money. $9000 is all that they had to spend and I think they did an outstanding job with only that much. Still more work to be done. My choice of stars is NOT necessarily where my head is at, I just want to write a review. Because the City is being so responsive and accommodating I don't want to give them less than they deserve, but the people make a Park and these people check out daily. This is a quick review so pardon the jumping around. I'm rather over this experience. When kids purposely skate in parking lot specifically to make it hard for dog park patrons to park? Something is very wrong. Honestly? It's a lost cause at this point.

Branciforte Dog Park opened a couple years ago…read more This is a good little quiet dog park that is completely fenced with a solid , double gate. It only has one "all dog" section. Plenty of room, good parking, bags and trash provided. No water fountain so bring your own water. Hours are sunup to sundown. Some chairs provided no doubt by patrons, a picnic table, has wood chips as ground covering. Very close to town. DeLaveaga Park is right next door, but they are separate parks. There are some tunnels for the dogs but I find they just attract those who want to mark their territory. It's a good stretch your legs place and then easy to leave since the dog is done since few other dogs come to play here. Another park close by that is also run by Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation is Pacheco Dog Park which is similar but more dogs go there and it has water. We have been here maybe 10 times in a couple years. We have been to 73 dog parks in 6 years. I like it here for what I'm after on that side of town.

This park had a 5 star rating so I decided to stop by here with my dogs. It's kind of a sad muddy…read morefenced in area. Nearby Grant Park has a similarly sized dog area that's nicer. I'm sure it's fine?

This park is workable but without grass it's a little less than ideal. It's all one park. There's…read moreno section for small dogs vs large dogs. But what's cool is this park has this interesting geometric shape... like that of a rhombus! But it makes one think: what does this nonstandard shape do in the dog park when that dog park also contains a vortex? You don't have to be a Michelin 5 star shaman to know that a parallel rhombus introduces areas of stagnant chi! what happens when there's stagnant chi? That's right! a chi-nado !!! Make sure your dog is adequately waited down lest the vortex swoop them up like some Wizard of Oz s&!t! chin-up. we will get thru this!

It's fine for a potty break. But, it's full of foxtails. There were no other dogs there on Friday…read morearound 4pm

Nice place and great location. Rather poor drainage. I was there several days after it rained and…read moreyou can see in the picture there are big pools of rainwater.

On our way to Santa Cruz and needed to make a pit stop for the dogs. We found this place on yelp…read more As soon as we pulled up we realized that this was not for us. Wood chips and weeds. A terrible combination for dogs. So we left and went next door to sky park. See review under skypark

although not officially a dog park, it is fully gated on all four sides and people just bring the…read moredogs here. There's a shaded picnic bench area with one picnic table. This is got to be one of the larger places in town that you can let dogs run free. But what's cool is this park has this interesting geometric shape... like that of a rhombus intersecting, a trapezoid, but three dimensional! it's special because all sides have a corresponding parallel sides!! Amazing! But it makes one think: what does this nonstandard shape do in the dog park when that dog park also contains a vortex? You don't have to be a 5 star michelan-rated shaman to know that a parallel rhombus introduces areas of stagnant chi! What happens when there's stagnant chi? That's right! A chi-nado!!! make sure your dog is adequately waited down lest the vortex swoop them up like some Wizard of Oz s&!t !! chin-up. we will get thru this!

Too many large dogs not voice controlled by their owners…read more Only 2 concrete picnic benches to sit

We came to Santa Cruz for lunch. We needed a place to let…read moreour dogs run around for a bit. This is a large neighborhood dog park. It is not a separated by a large and small dog side . The positive is it had poopie bags,and water. Also plenty of pooper scoopers. The negatives are it's hard dirt and rocks. Also along the fence line it's completely covered with over grown weeds. My dogs ran around for a while. We were there for a while,but nobody showed up. Maybe that's a sign that it's not a good neighbor park. It was only 11am on a Sunday. My neighbor dog park would be crowded on a Sunday.

This park is workable but without grass it's a less than fantastic. I know, we're in a drought and…read moreI should just be happy with their cedar chip,hamster paradise, but I'm not. And tell ya what: this place doesn't have a large dog park and a small dog park. No. The little dogs dominate. There's more Corgis here than theres is bird poo in a cuckoo clock! But Athonia will allow it!