Dog policy
- No dogs allowed on Beach, at the Fishing Pier, and in Picnic/Shelter areas, from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day.
- Well-behaved dogs are allowed on leash on trails and at Boat Launch. Please pick up after your pet, and avoid walking directly though Beach, Picnic and Shelter areas, or in the vicinity of other park users.
- Before Memorial Day Weekend & after Labor Day dogs are allowed according to the following rules:
- Dogs must be on leash
- Please keep dog off the sandy beach and picnic areas if any other group or individual is there recreating.
- You must clean up after your dog
- Excessive barking or other incompatible behavior will result in the dog being required to leave the Park
Dogs may always go boating with you according to the following rules:
- Leave dog in your vehicle while you arrange the Boat Rental
- Get the Boat & your gear ready at the water's edge
- Then bring your dog (on leash) to the boat
- Enjoy your paddle
- Park at the water's edge, then bring your dog (on leash) to your vehicle
- Return the boating gear
- Thanks!
Service Dog Policy
How “Service Animal” Is Defined
Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Owners of service animals carry paperwork that verifies the status of the service animal.
Examples of such work or tasks include:
guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair,
alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure,
reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications,
calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)during an anxiety attack,
or performing other duties for which an individually trained Service Dog is required.
Service animals are working animals, not pets.
The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.
Service Animals Must Be Under Control,
Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, if the individual’s
disability prevents using these devices appropriate accommodation may be made.
A person with a disability can be asked to remove his service animal from the premises if: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken and/or the handler does not clean up after defecation on park property.
When there is a legitimate reason to ask that a service animal be removed, staff must offer the person with the disability the opportunity to obtain goods or services without the animal’s presence.
Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Owners of service animals carry paperwork that verifies the status of the service animal.
Examples of such work or tasks include:
guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair,
alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure,
reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications,
calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)during an anxiety attack,
or performing other duties for which an individually trained Service Dog is required.
Service animals are working animals, not pets.
The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.
Service Animals Must Be Under Control,
Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, if the individual’s
disability prevents using these devices appropriate accommodation may be made.
A person with a disability can be asked to remove his service animal from the premises if: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken and/or the handler does not clean up after defecation on park property.
When there is a legitimate reason to ask that a service animal be removed, staff must offer the person with the disability the opportunity to obtain goods or services without the animal’s presence.
