I put this together for our local dog park fundraiser to hand out. So now Im sharing with my facebook friends. If you want a full page MSWord document send me a message with your email address and will forward one to you. Dog Friendly Vacations. Cades Cove Loop Road Cades Cove Loop Rd and Forge Creek Rd Townsend, TN, US 37882 (865) 436-1200 Cades Cove Loop Road Overview Hours: Always open Cost: Free Located approximately 27 miles outside of Gatlinburg, near the town of Townsend, TN, beautiful Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains offers a variety of hiking trails and wildlife viewing opportunities. You can take Fido along for a scenic drive on Cades Cove Loop Road, an 11 mile stretch of roadway through the Smoky Mountain valley. Due to its location, youll almost certainly see deer in Cades Cove. If youre lucky, you might even spot a bear, fox or wild turkey Old Charleston Ghost Tours Meeting St. and Broad St. Charleston, SC, US 29401 (843) 568-0473 Hours: Nightly You can bring Fido along on an Old Charleston Ghost Tour. This walking tour starts in Washington Park and lasts about 90 minutes. You and your pooch may even hear a story about a ghost dog that roam the streets of Charleston. Lazy Dog Kayak 5114 Overseas Highway Key West, FL, US 33040 (305)295-9898 kathy@lazydog Lazy Dog Kayak offers a couple of different options. The first is just a regular rental. Rent the kayak, put the dog in front, and off you go across the channel and down the canal. There are plenty of birds and coconuts floating by along the way to keep your dog entertained. Option 2 is the doggie paddle. Several people take thier dogs in the kayaks to a sanbar tohether. Its like a private island dog park, so your dog will be tuckered out for the rest of the day by the time you make it back to the marina. Lazy dog is located on Stock Island, the first island north of Key West, at mile marker 4. $35.00 per person (dogs free). Old Savannah Tours 301 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd Savannah, GA, US (912) 234-8128 Cost: free for dogs If you have a small dog and want to see Savannah from the comfort of a trolley, then Old Savannah Tours might just be the tour for you. Dogs 25 lbs or less are welcome to enjoy your tour of Savannah with you as long as they sit on your lap. There are many sightseeing tours to choose from including a tour with on and off privileges, allowing you to see as much of Savannah as you can fit into your day, on your own or with the tour. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens 3550 Ashley River Road Charleston, SC, US 29414 Magnolia Plantation has beautiful gardens you can explore with Fido, but the real treat here is that dogs are also allowed on the tram tours, and even inside the plantation house (if you carry the dog). In addition to the garden with more than 900 types of camellias, there are many nature trails on the property, including one through a 60-acre blackwater cypress and tupelo swamp. You could easily spend a day here without even going inside the house. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway 2 Lehigh Ave Jim Thorpe, PA, US (570) 325-8485 Ride the rails into the beautiful Lehigh Gorge State Park. Old style diesel-powered train with passenger coaches from the 1920s. The 16 mile roundtrip train ride lasts about one hour. Mountain vistas, trackside streams and flowing rivers, and fellow adventurers enjoying hiking, biking and white water rafting are just a few of the visual delights waiting for you on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway. Well-behaved dogs are welcome to ride the train free-of-charge. Barrel Oaks Winery 3623 Grove Lane Delaplane, VA, US 20144 (540) 364-6402 Hours: 11am - 6pm Cost: free Barrel Oaks is a beautiful family-owned winery that welcomes dogs with open arms. They say that Barrel Oaks Winery stands for BOW (as in bow wow!), and they even have wines named after their dogs! It is a great place to tour the country side with your dog, or sit on their patio and enjoy wines and cheeses while making new friends. Fishermans Cove Conservation Area 391 Third Avenue Manasquan, NJ, US 08736 Hours: 24-7 Cost: Free Leashed pets are welcome year round. This park is known to the locals as the dog beach. It is located at the Manasquan Inlet, which is the beginning of the Intercoastal waterway on the eastern seaboard. Ft. De Soto Paw Playground and Beach 3500 Pinellas Bayway S. Saint Petersburg, FL, US 33715 (727) 582-8867 Hours: Cost: Free The Paw Playground has large fenced areas for both large and small dogs, including dog showers for those hot days. Dogs are allowed anywhere in the park on a six-foot leash, except on any beach. The Paw Playground area is the exception -- dogs are allowed on the beach, and they are allowed off leash on that area of beach. They can also run free inside the fenced areas. On a hot summer day, you can cool off your dog by hosing him down, and drinking water is available too. The park also has plenty for two-legged visitors too -- an old Spanish fort to explore, gorgeous parks, overnight camping with plenty of amenities, and picnic areas. The north beach was named Americas #1 beach in 2008 & 2009 by Trip Adviser. 8th Ave Dog Beach 8th and Ocean Asbury Park, NJ, US 07712 Cost: free During the summer season, this is a designated dog beach in the early morning. In the offseason, dogs are allowed everywhere, except the boardwalk. Off season is Sept. 30th to May 1st. Assateague National Seashore Assateague Island Ocean City, MD, US 18032 Hours: 24 hours and the visitor center is open 9 am to 5 pm 7 days a week. Dogs are allowed on the beach at the Assateague National Seashore, but not the three short nature trails. Crabtree Falls 11581 Crabtree Falls Highway Charlottesville, VA, US Hours: Dawn to Dusk Cost: $5 per car Crabtree Falls is the highest vertical-drop cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River and is located in Nelson County, Virginia, just six miles off the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway near milepost 27. Crabtree Falls features a series of five major cascades and a number of smaller ones that fall a total distance of 1,200 feet. The first overlook is just a few hundred feet from the upper parking lot along a gentle, paved trail, making it an excellent stopover for travelers of all ages and abilities. The more adventuresome hiker may continue along the 2 and 1/2 mile Crabtree Falls Trail to four other overlooks offering spectacular views of the Crabtree Creek Falls and the Tye River Valley. Crabtree Falls can be reached from the Blue Ridge Parkway by travelling to milepost 27. Exit onto VA 56 going east and follow the signs to Crabtree Falls (about 6.3 miles). It is open from dawn to dusk daily. Well-behaved dogs are permitted off-leash on the trail. All other dogs should be leashed.
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