Bay Area Dog Hikes: Guadalupe Oak Grove Park & Jeffrey Fontana Dog Park

Entrance to Jeffrey Fontana Park AND Guadalupe Oak Grove Park.

They're right in the same area.

Alex rating: 5 Magic Bones
Dog-friendly: YES
Off-leash areas: YES, in Dog park

Pet Bags Provided: No

Picnic Areas: YES
Crowd Meter: MEDIUM

Dog Friendly Dining: Yes, in Willow Glen (~20mins)
Travel time from San Francisco: 1.5 hours

Address:
Golden Oak Way & McAbee Rd
San Jose, CA 95120

Report time: late Afternoon

Summary:
OK, I love love love this place. I take Alex here whenever I want to go on a quick hike and give him some social time. The Jeffrey Fontana/Oak Grove parks are located right in a residential area with lots of street parking. The area is low traffic and quiet, so you needn't worry about not finding a parking spot.

The Jeffrey Fontana park is quite lovely and comes with the following amenities:
- playground for kids
- fitness sections (i.e. pull-up bars, push up, sit up benches, etc)
- clean dog park

Big green grass areas

Lovely pink trees

Statue of Jeffrey Fontana

Playgrounds

Jeffrey Fontana Dog Park, amenities:

- The dog park hours of operation is from 7am to 8:45pm, & during Winter, from 7am to 7pm

- Faucet water available to wash your dog

- Water cans and bins available for use

- Chairs are available to lounge around in

- Large and Small dogs play areas are separated

- Dog bags are usually supplied, but sometimes it runs out

Water area

Play area

Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, amenities:

- Restrooms available

- Dog bags, none are supplied because the county ran out of budget :(

- Picnic areas available

- Dogs need to be on leash

- Tips: Make sure to LEAVE by sunset! I got locked in here with my boyfriend (NO JOKE). I had to call 911 and they had to break open the park's gate padlocks.

I highly recommend this area for a quick, relaxing hike. The trails are quite short (~2-3miles) and you can choose to go on elevated vs flat hikes. There are benches along the way if you need to relax and take a break.

The park has information on the different birds, small creatures, and trees which reside in the park. While walking on the trails, you'll likely hear woodpeckers, squirrels, and badgers scurrying about.