Dog park · Poinsettia
Poinsettia Dog Park
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An all-grass dog park that opened in 2022, inside 42-acre Poinsettia Community Park, with agility equipment, a dog drinking fountain, bag dispensers, benches, a picnic area and restrooms. It closes every Wednesday 8 a.m.-1 p.m. for maintenance. Not reservable; the park's picnic areas are booked separately.
Published prices
No fees: free to use, first come, first served.
At a glance
- Capacity
- Not published
- Setting
- Outdoor
- Hours
- Poinsettia Community Park is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (park page); the dog park page publishes no separate hours. Dog park closed Wednesdays 8 a.m.-1 p.m. for maintenance.
- Parking
- Available
- Run by
- City of Carlsbad
Amenities
- Restrooms
- Playground
- Picnic tables
- BBQ grills
- Sports fields
- Beach access (no)
- Dogs allowed
- Accessible (ADA) · not listed
Rules
- Alcohol
- This park isn't on the City's open-container ban list: CMC 8.44.040 bans open containers only in the Village-Barrio public places, Rotary Park, Holiday Park and Pine Avenue Community Park (a permit can waive it). Glass drinking containers are banned in every park (CMC 11.32.040(A)). For a permitted rental, alcohol is limited to the terms of the permit (Use Regulations Summary 9/9/25).
- Bounce houses
- N/A for the dog park (not reservable). Citywide, a bounce house needs a park and facility use permit (CMC 11.32.030(29)) and must come from a City-approved vendor. At Poinsettia Community Park only the rentable Open Space 1 and Open Space 2 say "Room for bounce house"; Picnic Areas 1 and 2 say "NO room for bounce house" (CarlsbadConnect).
- Amplified sound
- N/A (not reservable); the disorderly-conduct rule on unreasonably loud noise applies (CMC 8.38.050).
- Canopies
- N/A
- Other rules
- Closed for scheduled maintenance every Wednesday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dogs are welcome only at the City's three dog parks and on leash on citywide trails; not in any other City park or on the beach (leashed dogs may use the top of the Pine-to-Tamarack seawall). Park picnic areas have barbecues but no electrical outlets. Groups of 25+ in a City park need a permit (CMC 11.32.030(18)). No glass (CMC 11.32.040(A)); no smoking (CMC 11.32.110). Phone 442-339-2680.
How to book
Nothing here can be reserved.
Location
6600 Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011 (in Poinsettia Community Park) · Approximate pin, moved slightly on the map because it shares a location with Poinsettia Community Park. Get directions
Nearby
Sources
We checked these pages in September 2026. Prices change; confirm with the venue before you book. Something out of date? Tell us.
- carlsbadca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/104/7400
- carlsbadca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/44/7400
- carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-community-centers/parks
- carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-community-centers/parks/dog-parks
- carlsbadca.gov/residents/about-carlsbad/beaches
- carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/rentals
- carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/2004/637433863363600000
- ecode360.com/44007387
- ecode360.com/44007423
- ecode360.com/44007432
Abbreviations: CMC: Carlsbad Municipal Code (City code)