Outdoors Week: Top Dog (Spot) Nominee #4: Fort Funston

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Friday, June 24, 2011, by Sally Kuchar

As part of Curbed Outdoors Week 2011, we're looking to settle the question once and for all of the city's best dog spot. Didn't get your nomination in in time? Sorry! But there's always next year, right?
From the mailbox:

Fort Funston gets my vote for best place to take doggie friends. My pooch loves running wild on the beach and making the mad dash with the waves. The air is clean and folks with their doggie friends are friendly and well behaved. It's easy to get to Fort Funston and you will find ample parking and free doggie poo bags in case you forget yours at home.

Wondering how the winner will be determined? We'll be running a poll later today.

Update: Due to some unforeseen technical issues, we're going to push the poll to Monday. See you then!

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Outdoors Week: Top Dog (Spot) Nominee #2: Pine Lake Park (Stern Grove)

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, June 22, 2011, by Sally Kuchar

As part of Curbed Outdoors Week 2011, we're looking to settle the question once and for all of the city's best dog spot. Nominate your favorite for eternal glory by writing us a short description of what makes it so great and why your dog loves it. Nominations to sf@curbed.com, please.

[photo (minus the snazzy frame) Dog Goes]

From the mailbox:

Stern Grove is SF's best dog spot for many reasons! It's a nice valley
adjacent to the Stern Grove concertgoers know and love, but it's
separate, with its own parking lot, etc. Since it's a valley, it's
harder for less reliable pets to get away from you -- while most dogs
can beat people on a flat surface, most of us can catch up to them
once they start to climb a hill.

There's a large off-leash section that's typically filled with a cast
of regulars, all of whom are keeping an eye out for each other from
the grass or on benches, and a nice quiet on-leash walk around a pond
and picnic area, so you get a little of everything.

There's a moderately sized parking lot that's typically used only by
those going to the park, so it's not as crazy-intense at Crissy's
lots, for example. So that's a plus, too.

Think your dog spot is better? Your nominations to sf@curbed.com, please.

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