Dog-Friendly Adventure Map

Resources

The trail groups, tourism boards and writers whose public information feeds this map. Confirm dog policies with each before you go.

Trail groups and parks

• Wissahickon Trails A Montgomery County land trust of 65 years standing that maintains more than 24 miles of trail, including the 12.6 mile Green Ribbon Trail.
• Friends of the Wissahickon Cares for Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park, whose posted rules require dogs to be leashed on a leash no longer than six feet.
• Friends of the Chester Creek Trail An all volunteer 501(c)(3) that funded the dog waste bag stations and the bike repair station along the Chester Creek Trail in Delaware County.
• Brandywine Red Clay Alliance A West Chester watershed nonprofit that maintains seven public preserves, open dawn to dusk.
• Brandywine Conservancy The land conservation arm of the Brandywine Museum, protecting the Brandywine and Christina watershed across Chadds Ford and northern Delaware, and publisher of the Creek Greenway app.
• Green Valleys Watershed Association A Chester County watershed nonprofit of more than 60 years, headquartered at the Welkinweir preserve.
• Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor The nonprofit that manages the D&L Trail across Pennsylvania, based in Easton.
• Friends of Salt Springs Park A 501(c)(3) friends group since 1994 supporting Salt Springs State Park and its trail network in Susquehanna County.
• Friends of R B Winter State Park A volunteer friends group for R. B. Winter State Park, organized under the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation and DCNR.
• C&O Canal Trust The National Park Service partner that stewards the 184.5 mile C&O Canal towpath through Maryland and Washington DC.
• Friends of Patapsco Valley State Park A Maryland friends group supporting Patapsco Valley State Park and its trail system.
• Friends of Maryland State Forests and Parks A statewide organization for Maryland's state forests and parks that invites contributed accounts of park adventures.
• Eastern Shore Land Conservancy An Easton based land trust conserving Maryland's Eastern Shore.
• Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation The nonprofit partner of the Blue Ridge Parkway, where leashed dogs are allowed along the route.
• Wallkill Valley Land Trust A New Paltz land trust protecting the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and the Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary.
• Columbia Land Conservancy A 40 year old Columbia County land trust maintaining public preserves including Borden's, Hand Hollow and Taghkanic Community Forest, with leash requirements on its lands.
• Friends of Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge A 501(c)(3) friends group supporting the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, with an osprey camera and an audio tour of the Wildlife Drive.
• Passaic County Parks and Recreation The county parks department that hosts the annual Paws in the Park event and administers the Friends of Passaic County Parks volunteer group.
• Friends of Anderson Park An all volunteer nonprofit that maintains Anderson Park, an Olmsted designed park in Montclair.
• Sourland Conservancy A central New Jersey land trust that has protected more than 1,231 acres and planted more than 68,000 trees across the Sourland Mountain region since 2020.
• D&R Greenway Land Trust A Princeton land trust that runs the njtrails.org trail finder.

Tourism boards

• Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board Runs a pet friendly parks and trails page covering 96 miles of Montgomery County trail, including the Schuylkill River and Perkiomen trails.
• Discover Lehigh Valley The official tourism board for the Lehigh Valley, based in Easton, with a pet friendly guide.
• Visit Potter-Tioga The tourism board for Potter and Tioga counties, covering the Pine Creek Rail Trail through the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.
• Visit Cumberland Valley Publishes a Cumberland Valley beer trail guide listing ten Pennsylvania breweries with outdoor dog areas, including a fenced patio at Whiskers Brewing.
• Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau The official Pocono Mountains tourism site, with a pet friendly attractions page covering more than 40 resorts and campgrounds.
• Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry A Malvern based chamber representing more than 500 Chester County businesses, with a newsletter and events calendar.

Writers and maps

• The Beer Thrillers A Pennsylvania craft beer blog that maintains a map of dog friendly breweries in the state and invites reader corrections.
• Cello's Corner A dog travel blog with a running series on dog friendly Pennsylvania wineries, including Halbrendt Vineyard, Adams County Winery, Buddy Boy and Reid's.
• CityDog Philadelphia A Philadelphia dog lifestyle site with an 18 brewery dog friendly guide.
• Good Food Pittsburgh A Pittsburgh dining and culture site with a dog friendly guide.
• Dogs of Charm City A Baltimore dog community blog and dog walking service that keeps a weekly updated list of more than 100 dog friendly Maryland breweries.
• Clements Lake Erie Cottages An Erie vacation rental company whose blog covers the dog friendly side of Lake Erie wine country.

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Every place on this map has its own write-up in the Adventure Map archive.