Twin Lakes Dog Park

Overview

Twin Lakes Recreation Area at 2500 Chapel Hill Road in Columbia, Missouri is a 73 acre city park, and it holds not one dog park but three.

Lakeside is the main one, a spacious area of about 3.9 acres for dogs of all sizes. It is fenced on three sides, with the 16 acre fishing lake forming the western boundary.

Paws Pond is set aside for small dogs, with visitors expected to be no taller than 18 inches at the shoulder.

The Off-Season Dog Park is the third, and it exists for a specific reason. Lakeside closes through the winter, generally December to February, because dogs venture onto the frozen lake. The city created a separate winter enclosure after the fire department was called out nine times in a single season to rescue dogs that had fallen through the ice.