Breakheart Reservation

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• Shannon
  Sep. 3, 2020
  Go for the walk, the dog park is an extra

  We go to Breakheart normally about 1x/2x bi-weekly. Reading the reviews people were so upset about the dog park, it being small etc. When I think of going there, it is to give the dogs a good hilly walk and then at the end (we start on the left side of the Saugus entrance) if they feel like playing or there is someone else there, great! I wouldn't necessarily go there just for that dog park. The leashed walk is great though, you can stay paved or go off in trails. short loop: 2M ; longer loop 3M

• Kate
  Jul. 25, 2020
  The Barking Lot

  This is not a large or particularly attractive dog park, but we enjoyed it! It’s about 1/2 mile down the paved road in the reservation. Someone put a water bowl there, which was nice. The double gates were working well.

• Elizabeth
  Sep. 21, 2019
  Fenced area sucks

  Karen, above, has got to be kidding when she says the off-leash area called Barkplace is "big." It's tiny. Really, really tiny. The reservation itself is nice but only if you want to walk your dog on a leash. If you want to let him run in a fenced area you will be disappointed in Barkplace. It has no access to the water, no fields or trees or anything. Just a little patch of cedar smaller than my city yard.

• Karen
  More than a year ago
  Barkplace is a fun place!

  Breakheart Reservation is very dog friendly, fun to walk and hike with dogs on leash. Barkplace is a great area to let them run off leash. Big area, new mulch, no litter, nice fencing, double fenced in entrance a plus so dogs don't escape while others coming in. Love it!!! Addition of water would be nice though.

• Meaghan
  More than a year ago
  Dog park, not so much BUT

  Breakheart itself is fantastic, very dog friendly & beautiful. Great that the main path is paved, Approximately 3miles, helps keep ticks off of you & your fury friend! Great exercise, challenging course. The dog park isn't necessary since the place itself is dog friendly -leashed. But the 'dog park' that is on property is pretty bad. Great idea, horrible follow thru. Everything else breakheart has to offer for the whole family is a big plus.

• Teri
  More than a year ago
  Fix it up!

  Although I live here this dog park is in such rough shape hat I now go to melrose the gate has been broken for 3 yrs, it is very small it definetly needs to be moved alot of elferly I know would love to bring thier pups there but the walk in is to long for them and there is a steep path when leaving. I would gladly help I feel my donationation to the park went to something else I will now support the one in melrosr who has running water for the dogs.

We dug up 3 pictures of dogs at Breakheart Reservation.

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