What are they like on the Local level?
City of Gaithersburg Green Run Dog Park Bickerstaff Road and I-370 The only official dog park in Montgomery County, this elongated, 55,000 square foot dog park has two sections and is bordered by some townhouses on one side and a gully on the other. The first but smaller section, open year-round, is covered with blue dust. The second, a 45,000 square-foot section, has been re-seeded and remains open only during the warm months. Both of these portions are fenced, and have a double-gated entrance. A gravel parking lot is immediately beside the dog parks. According to sign-in sheets at the park, when both sections are open, the park has an average 200 sign-in visitors daily on weekdays and 300 daily on weekends. About 75 percent, or atotal of over 62,000of the sign-in visits are by people who live in Montgomery County outside the City of Gaithersburg. Because overuse has been such a problem, the City instituted a yearly $25 entrance fee for dogs living outside the City. The park is heavil
