Dog-friendly Rodeo Beach

Rodeo Beach

Zeke at Rodeo Beach. Photo Credit: Linda Cox
Zeke at Rodeo Beach. Photo Credit: Linda Cox

1049 Mitchell Rd.
Sausalito, California 94965
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Local Phone: (415) 331-1540

Rodeo Beach is easily accessible to visitors of all ages. This pebbly beach offers good picnic sites, abundant wind for kite flying, and nearby bluffs for hikes and wave-watching.

Attentive beach-walkers may see (but must not collect) jasper, carnelian, black agate, and jade among the beach sands.

Dogs permitted off-leash or under voice control (excluding lagoon and other areas restricted due to wildlife rehabilitation).

Help us keep this beach beautiful and dog-friendly:
• Always follow the posted rules
• Respect natural marine life and habitats
• Be aware of tides and currents
• Pack in and pack out, leaving only paw prints

Muir Beach, Marin County
Scoping out Muir Beach - Photo Credit: @quinceytheaussie
Scoping out Muir Beach - Photo Credit: @quinceytheaussie
• Muir Beach, Marin County. This is a Bay Area classic: A crescent of sand bordered by high bluffs to the north and south, with wetlands and a lagoon behind the strand. Dogs under reliable voice control (meaning Daisy comes immediately when called) are allowed off-leash in designated areas. more »
Make It Marin for Dog-Friendly GGNRA Trails/Beaches
Rodeo Beach - Photo Credit: Elaine (CC)
Rodeo Beach - Photo Credit: Elaine (CC)
More than 12,000 acres of the GGNRA are concentrated in the Marin Headlands, a hilly peninsula just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The possibilities for long on-leash walks and off-leash beach frolics with your best furry friend are many—and, as a bonus, you’ll often be playing within view of the famous orange span. Following are a few to put on your dog-friendly Marin bucket list. more »
Chasing Waves With Your Pup
Splash! Photo Credit: @Sweetd67
Splash! Photo Credit: @Sweetd67
For water-loving canines, nothing beats fetching a bright yellow tennis ball from the surf and romping full speed ahead on a sandy beach. But while there’s plenty of sand to share with your leashed pup along California’s 840 miles of coastline, you should know before you go where dogs are and aren’t allowed to get their ya-yas out. Here are a few of our favorite off-leash strands: more »
Make a Splash in Marin
Pee Wee in Marin
Pee-wee at Muir Beach
Marin County is spring-loaded with dog-friendly places, but we at DogTrekker have some tail-wagger favorites. The good news in the beach department: after months of parking-lot restoration work, beautiful Muir Beach is due to open again to visitors in late November. Dogs under voice control are still allowed to be off-leash here, but those privileges soon may be reduced, restricted or eliminated under terms of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s new dog management plan. Rules, if adopted, wouldn’t go into effect until 2015, so enjoy it while you can. more »
Best Ocean Beaches
Dogs playing on beach
When it comes to blue-ribbon beaches, DogTrekker.com gives top honors to strands where dogs under voice control can legally romp leash-free. There aren’t many in Northern California, but these three will definitely set your pup’s tail a-waggin’.    more »
Sand and Sea With Your Dog
When the urge to brush sand out of your dog’s coat becomes irresistible, throw a towel and a dog brush in the car and take off to enjoy one of Marin’s dog-friendly beaches. more »
Healthy Pets Healthy People

white dog at sunset
You’ve seen the views a million times in photographs, but if you haven’t soaked them up yourself, what are you waiting for? The Marin Headlands, that hilly peninsula on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge, is best known for views of the iconic structure, but with a little exploring, you’ll come to know it in a different way.  more »

Bridge for All Seasons
Cavallo Point
Cavallo Point

For 75 years, the Golden Gate Bridge has been the symbol of San Francisco — and one that never grows less beautiful with the passing of time. It's no longer legal to walk over the bridge with a dog, but there are many trails-with-a-view from which to admire it in the city and in adjacent Marin County.  more »

See Spot Smile
Dog bliss, Rodeo BeachThe first time we poked around the Marin Headlands with our pup, we were playing tourist, popping out of the car here and there to snap photos of a fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge. We didn’t know where the maze of roads we were exploring might take us, but when we saw people walking dogs over a bridge at Rodeo Lagoon, we leashed up for a look-see.  more »
Marin County
If you’re a dog, you can thank your lucky stars for the opportunity to live in or visit Marin County, where dog-friendly open space abounds. In the beach department, leash-optional Muir Beach, Rodeo Beach, Bolinas Beach and Dillon Beach are tail-wagger faves. more »
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