Gateway Play Area
About the Park
Gateway Play Area is a small, volunteer-maintained dog park in downtown Minneapolis with a gravel surface and benches for owners. The park provides poop bags, bins, and a friendly community of regular visitors. However, its proximity to the I-35W highway entrance brings traffic noise and safety concerns, it offers no shade, and the water bowls often contain dirty rainwater—visitors recommend bringing your own water.
Visitors Like
- Volunteer-maintained and clean
- Convenient downtown location
- Friendly community of regulars
- Poop bags and bins provided
Worth Noting
- Very close to busy I-35W highway—safety concern
- No shade (trees removed)
- Gravel surface hard on paws
- Water bowls unreliable—bring your own water
Park Gallery
Google Reviews
164 reviews
Roami
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Fredrick “Main account” Dugan
42 reviewsDecent little dog park downtown. Can be noisy from the road nearby depending on time of day and traffic
Derek Carlson
10 reviewsWe used this dog park frequently and while it has been being maintained better lately it is not real big and like most downtown it has rocks for the e...
Gina Pent
42 reviewsA small but cute dog park that doesn’t look like it is used much. It is fairly clean with plenty of seating for the humans. The ground cover is a fine...
Robin Sereno
97 reviewsClean, easy to access city dog park. Because it's directly in the city it is small but big enough to toss a ball. People and dogs were all friendly. T...
Anthony Urban
120 reviewsI love this location, it's very low key, clean, when I do see anyone here it's always been a pleasant experience! My German Shepard absolutely loves t...
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