Ron Bexel
Fun Vacations To Take With Your Dog – Holidays are fun…but best with your best friend. Find a pet-friendly place that isn’t crowded with tourists and you can get away from it all!
Start making your plans, but don’t call the shelter or arrange a dog or cat sitter. We’ve rounded up nine of the best off-the-beaten-path pet tours that are perfect for you and your companion.
Fun Vacations To Take With Your Dog
Big Bend is nowhere else on the road. It takes effort to get there. With beautiful scenery, friendly people, and a pet-friendly ghost town, you have all the makings of a great pet adventure!
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Big Bend’s diversity is its greatest attraction. Vast valleys, vast deserts, forested mountains and ever-changing rivers offer a variety of places to admire. One of the best places to experience all that this area has to offer is Big Bend National Park.
Unfortunately, the National Park does not allow pets on any trails, rivers, or backcountry. However, leashed pets can walk more than 200 miles of dirt roads through the park – and most get very little traffic! Other popular activities include jeep tours, scenic drives on the Rio Grande to the Presidio, and exploring small communities.
Pet-friendly campsites are available year-round in Big Bend National Park and at many private sites in the area. You’ll also find many pet-friendly rentals and Airbnbs in Big Bend. There are also four pet-friendly hotels within walking distance of the national park.
If you’re looking for a pet-friendly adventure where you can find it all, Dixie National Forest is hard to beat. Covering nearly 2 million acres, 1,600 miles of park trails, hundreds of miles of scenic trails, 500 miles of fishing streams and 90 lakes will take a lifetime to explore. And the best part is, every square inch is pet friendly!
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Southern Utah’s beautiful landscape is well worth a visit. But if you’re traveling with pets, the area’s most popular attractions, Bryce and Zion National Parks, will disappoint. Both parks have strict pet rules.
Fortunately, Dixie National Forest offers many options! We highly recommend the Red Canyon Trail, a five-mile trail with several ups and downs that passes through some spectacular hoodoos.
Dixie has 18 seasonal campgrounds, usually open from May through September. If you plan to travel outside of the camping season, the town of Panguitch has several pet-friendly hotels that offer good access to the park.
Florence has all the amenities that make a coastal city great, but without the high prices and tourist excitement. The locals are friendly and the pace is relaxed, although you and your pets will get a lot of work done!
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You can drive to see the Oregon Dunes, hike the Sweet Creek Trail over eleven waterfalls in the Siuslaw National Forest, or rent a kayak and watch otters as you paddle the Siuslaw River.
Be sure to visit Cape Perpetua, where you and your pet can wade through the ancient mudflats that formed along the coast in this part of Oregon. All 26 miles here are pet-friendly, so you’re sure to find something that’s right for you. For the best view, climb up to about 800 meters, where on a clear day you can see 70 miles of coastline!
Florence has a surprising number of pet-friendly restaurants for a city of its size. There are also many pet-friendly vacation spots. And Best Western accepts two pets per room, including dogs and cats up to 80 pounds.
Located on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Fort Worden was an active military base until 1953. It is now a truly unique 433-acre state park overlooking Puget Sound.
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As you explore the twelve miles of pet-friendly trails, you’ll find bunkers and battlegrounds in strategic mountain locations. Of course, pets won’t want to miss two miles of sandy beach. And bring your canoe or kayak, as the park has two convenient boat ramps.
You can choose to stay at one of the park’s two pet-friendly campsites or opt for a truly pet-friendly vacation experience. Three Victorian log cabins have been converted into rentals, and five units are pet-friendly!
All of this is just a few miles from the town of Port Townsend. With historic buildings, beautiful marinas and great restaurants, it’s a great choice for a pet-friendly trip.
Get ready for the Hudson Valley for those who want to be amazed by the amazing views. Just 90 minutes north of Manhattan, where the Hudson River cuts through the spine of the Catskill Mountains, you’ll find rolling hills, quaint towns and plenty of open space to explore.
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During your visit, plan to spend a day at Bear Mountain State Park. We recommend packing a picnic and sitting on a bench while taking in the view. On a clear day you can see the Manhattan skyscrapers on the horizon. After lunch, hike the Appalachian Trail on the east side of the mountain. It consists of 800 stone steps and is considered one of the most beautiful paths built in the last fifty years! And be sure to take a stroll through Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where many famous (and some not-so-famous) people are buried.
The Hudson Valley has no shortage of lodging options for pet-friendly trips! From Kingston to Newburgh to Tarrytown, you’ll find campgrounds, hotels and vacation rentals ready to host your family members.
Take a ferry to Mackinac Island and you’re in for a special treat! This 3.8-square-mile gem sits on Lake Huron between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, about a 15-minute boat ride from shore.
80% of the island is protected in Mackinac Island State Park, and since 1898 human vehicles have been prohibited here. However, pets are welcome! You’ll find boats, lodging, restaurants, horse-drawn taxis, guided wagon tours, and bike and kayak rentals for cats and dogs.
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Although camping is not allowed on Mackinac Island, there are three pet-friendly lodging options to choose from. Mission Point Resort has beautiful gardens and a pet-friendly dining patio and accepts pets for a $100 accommodation fee plus tax. Park Place Suites offers three condominium units in the heart of the city, complete with patios. They charge an additional pet fee of $30 per night. Sunset condos offer more privacy and beautiful views of Lake Huron and the Mackinac Bridge. Pet fees vary by the size of your pet: $75 for an occupancy under 40 pounds, $100 for an occupancy over 40 pounds, and $150 for an occupancy of two pets over 40 pounds.
For road trips where pets are allowed, you can’t do better than the Natchez Trace! Stretching 444 miles from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi, it’s a blissfully quiet, billboard-free stretch from America’s other highways.
Along the way, more than 100 artifacts, interpretive signs and marked paths provide archaeological, cultural, historical, environmental, recreational and environmental information.
It’s best to enjoy the trail at ease, as there is a sniff at every turn! And when it’s time to really stretch your legs, 28 different hiking trails and self-guided trails are just a stone’s throw away.
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Admiring the changing landscape is another interesting part of the trip. From dense forests to swampy cypress swamps, more than 2,000 plant species live and grow here. The trip is especially beautiful during the spring blooms and colorful fall foliage.
The only places you can stay overnight on the Natchez Trace are primitive national parks and forest camps. However, towns along the route have many pet-friendly lodging options. If you are traveling during the most popular time of year, reservations are recommended.
Most of our national parks welcome millions of visitors each year, but few focus their attention outside the park boundaries. This is certainly true of Yellowstone National Park and makes Paradise Valley the perfect place for a pet trip!
As the Yellowstone River flows north outside the park boundary, the landscape opens up and mountain peaks dominate the view.
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The beauty of the valley invites you to the outdoors, as the river flows over the weathered rocks and there are many activities to choose from. The Yellowstone is a world-class fishing river with many access points on its banks. Wildlife viewing is always exciting in this part of the country, with deer, bighorn sheep, bison, elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer often seen on the roads. And the hiking is amazing, the Gallatin National Forest offers amazing trails for both experienced hikers and nature walkers.
Between private campgrounds and national forests, it’s not too difficult to find a place to pitch your tent here. Both Gardiner and Livingston are pet friendly
