1. Dog Park

Located between Royal Poinciana Drive, Quail, Dove, and Shadow Way with the parking area accessed off Royal Poinciana, across from Miami Springs Senior High School at 751 Dove Avenue. For those not familiar with the area, we are told Miami Springs is a separate municipality, but contiguous with the actual City of Miami and so, we have listed this dog park under Miami Springs.

Update of 05-05-06: Thanks to the kind reader who told us about this park and provided the following comments:

"It has three cleanup stations, a so-far inoperative fountain, and a picnic bench under one of only two trees actually inside the fencing. There's a proto-parking area not quite finished yet, and a small-dog area with a separate entrance off the parking area in addition to the gate between the two sections. Until the lot is done (it needs driveways), parking is at the opposite corner of the recreation area (Shadow Way and Dove Av.), as legal parking is not allowed along the edge of Quail Avenue. It has the overall appearance of 'we'll get to that', as far as adding amenties."

There is a Dog Park Forum on the Web site of Miami Springs.com.

NOTE: We can't visit every area on a regular basis, so if you have information about any dog parks or beaches, or any other animal recreation facilities, in the Miami area, please contact FloridaPets.net.