Pet Friendly Outdoor Activities

Quilt Gardens
Annually May 30 - September 15

The annual, award-winning Quilt Gardens along the Heritage Trail joins quilting, gardening and art into a one-of-a-kind event featuring super-sized hand-painted Quilt Murals and more than one million vibrant blooms in gigantic Quilt Gardens.

City Parks

It's always a great time to be outdoors with your canine companion. Stroll through our beautiful parks. Elkhart has great parks for fun with your dog. The Elkhart River Walk, which passes through downtown Elkhart and several parks including Island Park, is always popular. Elkhart City Park Dog Park Info.

 Goshen offers plenty of beautiful parks and trails that work for bicyclists as well as hikers and dog walkers. Goshen City Park Info.

County Parks

Bonneyville Mill, near Bristol, has miles of well-marked, wooded paths that wind along small streams and lead around the parks oldest operating grist mill. The trails there may be more challenging for some as they travel up hills and down mulch covered walk-ways. Ox Bow County Park in Elkhart, offers plenty of flat, paved walkways as well as non-paved wooded trails.

Pumpkinvine Nature Trail

The Pumpkinvine Nature Trail offers scenic vistas through unspoiled prairie, farmland and wetlands for cyclists, walkers and runners. Stopping points in Goshen, Middlebury, and Shipshewana offer delightful breaks for all ages.
Pets must be on a leash (maximum six feet), clean up pet waste.

Please keep in mind all city, town and county parks require that your canine companion be on a leash. And clean-up is a must!