Cobb County Dog Parks

October 5, 2009 by Carl Martens  
Filed under Entertainment

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Below is a list of “known” dog parks in Cobb County.  If you know of any additional dog parks located in Cobb County, please provide their name, directions and a description of the park in the comments section below.

Acworth Dog Parks

  • Pitner Road Dog Park. Cobb County Dog Park. The dog park is comprised of two adjoining but separately-fenced play areas for off-leash dogs with approximately 2 acres of space for larger and one acre of space for smaller dogs. The dog lots have both open-space and shady, wooded areas with benched seating for dog owners. Each area has dog water fountains and “poop-mit” stations providing bags for owners to pick up after their pets. A gravel access road and parking lot with 50 parking spaces. A combination picnic shelter and restroom building (presently with four picnic tables) sits on a rise and overlooks the playground and dog lots. A multi-function playground for children ages 2 to 12 is between the picnic shelter and the dog lots and can be easily seen from the seating areas of both locations.

    Location: 2450 Pitner Road. Directions: From Cobb Pkwy Northbound. Turn left at Barrett Pkwy NW 1.8 mi. Turn right at Stilesboro Rd NW 6.1 mi. Slight right at Brookstone Dr NW 0.6 mi Turn right at McLain Rd NW 0.2 mi Turn left at Pitner Rd NW 0.4 mi Turn right to stay on Pitner Rd NW 1.2 mi.

Kennesaw Dog Parks

  • Frank Boone Dog Park. Located inside of Swift-Cantrell Park. Swift-Cantrell Park’s 1.4 acre off-leash dog park has 6-foot-high perimeter fencing, two separate run areas (for large and small dogs), a watering station, dog wash area, and disposable plastic waste bags and receptacle stations. The dog park is open from sunrise to sunset. Location: 3140 Old 41 Hwy. Directions: (just west of Kennesaw Elementary School)

Marietta Dog Parks

  • Lewis Park. Dog Park at the back end of the baseball field. Park Benches, Picnic Tables, Pet Station with Plastic Bags. Location: 475 Campbell Street. Directions: 75 north to exit 267B (the white water exit…i think it’s 120 North) turn left. continue for about 2 miles (crossing over Cobb pkwy). turn right on Cherokee street. make first left onto sessions street. continue past church St. and Campbell hill St. make right on St. josephs way. park is on the right.
  • Sweat Mountain Park (East Cobb). 4 acres. Off Leash Dog Park. Marietta, Georgia. Two fenced areas, one for large dogs and one for small dogs. Nice shaded area, fenced, benches, trash cans and doggie bags, water. Location: 4346 Steinhauer Rd. (approximately one mile north of Lassiter High School). Directions: From I-75 (N) & Canton Rd Conn NE, Marietta: Head northeast from Canton Rd Conn NE. Bear right and head toward Sandy Plains Rd NE. Turn left at Trickum Rd NE. Turn right at Shallowford Rd NE. Turn left at Steinhauer Rd NE. Go 1.2 miles and turn right just past short bridge into park entrance. The facility is located at Sweat Mountain Park, which is in northeast Cobb County on Steinhauer Road, approximately one mile north of Lassiter High School.

Smyrna Dog Parks

  • Burger Park. Off-Leash park. Small dog area for 30 lbs and smaller and a large dog area. Location: 680 Glendale Place. Directions: Just west of South Cobb Drive and south of Windy Hill Road in Smyrna and is adjacent to Belmont Hills Elementary School. Not sure where there’s parking, except perhaps on weekends at the school.
  • Lake Court Park. Just opened, right off S. Cobb Drive in Smyrna City limits. Location: 3500 Lake Drive. Directions: Right off S. Cobb drive near Concord.

Check out our list of North Fulton dog parks.

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