Virginia Beach is home to 293 city parks and park facilities, encompassing over 7,000 acres, including neighborhood and community parks, metro parks, signature parks, natural areas, waterway accesses, trail linkages, open space preservation areas and park athletic facilities. Dogs are welcome at all Virginia Beach city parks, however, owners are required to keep their dogs leashed outside the dog park. Virginia Beach has three dog parks featuring approximately one acre of fenced area where dogs are allowed off-leash.
