Areas for on leash or voice control dogwalking:  
San Francisco -
Fort Funston (excepting the 12-acre closure in northwest Ft. Funston),
Ocean Beach (excluding the Plover Protection Area from Sloat Blvd. north to Stairwell 21 where leashes are required July 1 to the following May 15 of every year),
Lands End,
Fort Miley,
Baker Beach, north end, 
Crissy Field (excluding the Wildlife Protection Area at the west end of Crissy field beach where leashes are required July 1 to the following May 15 of every year).
NOTE: To read the Federal Register notice of the recently finalized special regulation for protection of the Western Snowy Plover in GGNRA, please go to the links in either the Crissy Field or Ocean Beach listings above. For further information, please go to the Western Snowy Plover Protection Area link on the right side of this page.

Marin County
Rodeo Beach,
Oakwood Valley 
Muir Beach,
Homestead Valley,
Alta Avenue,
Specific trails in Marin Headlands (see 1979 Pet Policy)

Areas for on leash dogwalking only
In all other areas of the park that allow dogs, but which were not open to voice control by the 1979 Pet Policy, the federal regulation requiring dogs to be on leash (36 CFR 2.15 (a)(2)) is still in effect.

Areas closed to dogs (through the Superintendent's Compendium)
San Francisco
The interior of Fort Point
The Fort Point pier
Batteries to Bluffs Trail
China Beach
Alcatraz Island
Crissy Field Tidal Marsh and Lagoon
Ft. Funson Habitat Protection Area

Marin
Muir Woods National Monument
Redwood Creek Trail between Muir Woods and Muir Beach
Fort Baker's Chapel Trail
Fort Baker pier
Kirby Cove
Upper and Lower Fisherman Trails
Rodeo Lagoon and Rodeo Lake
Tennessee Valley Trail to Muir Beach
Muir Beach lagoon
Redwood Creek
Stinson Beach (beach only)

San Mateo
Phleger Estate

Regulations that apply to all areas in GGNRA open to dogwalking

• 36 CFR § 2.15 - All sections of the NPS pet regulation except for the section requiring pets to be on leash. These sections prohibit:
• • Failing to dispose of pet excrement
  • Leaving a pet unattended
  • Allowing a pet to make noise that is unreasonable considering the location
  • Possessing a pet at a swimming beach
• 36 CFR § 2.1 - Preservation of natural, cultural and archeological resources
• 36 CFR § 2.2 - Wildlife protection
• 36 CFR § 2.34(a)(4) - Disorderly Conduct (unmanaged dogs creating hazardous or physically offensive conditions)