Nashville dog days, tuned for more time outside.
Pair a roomy fenced dog park with a river greenway or nature walk. Every place and rule in this starter guide is grounded in current Metro Nashville Parks information.
Choose the day's rhythm
Run off leash
Compare officially listed fenced dog parks, including the 6.64-acre Two Rivers Dog Park and separate large- and small-dog spaces in the Centennial planning guide.
Walk the greenways
Explore Shelby Bottoms, Stones River and Metro hiking routes with the citywide six-foot leash rule in mind.
Start at Two Rivers
Make Nashville's largest officially listed dog park the anchor for an outing near the Stones River Greenway.
Plan a Shelby Dog Park outing
Use Metro's exact location, 2.15-acre fenced grass layout, dawn-to-dusk dog-park hours, rules and the leashed transition into wider Shelby Park and Shelby Bottoms.
Know before you go
Metro says leashed dogs are welcome in its parks, while off-leash play belongs inside designated dog parks. On greenways, keep pets on a leash no longer than six feet. Park conditions and closures can change, so use the official links below before leaving.
Metro Nashville official dog park directory and rules ↗ · Metro greenway rules ↗
Give the next walk a destination.
Pick a verified place, plan the outing and keep the memory after you go.