dog -friendly spots & stays From grassy parks to gorgeous vineyards, many places in the Salem area welcome the fourlegged travelers in your family. Silverton even has an annual May parade where all pets are celebrated! Whatever your pup’s size and energy level, you’ll surely find a place nearby where they can roam free and score treats. SIT & SIP: DOG-FRIENDLY WINERIES & BREWERIES At Monmouth’s Airlie Winery, Rocky and Piper are the resident Irish setters and might whisk your dog away for a splash in the on-site pond. You and your pup can lie on the grass while you enjoy food-and-wine pairings at Jefferson’s St. Innocent Winery. After a pinot flight at St. Paul’s Lady Hill Winery, wander the historic family farm with your leashed pet. Take your pup to TopWire Hop Project, where you can sip local wine or microbrews in a beer garden surrounded by leafy 18-foot-high hop rows. PLAY: DOG PARKS Sprawling over 1,200 acres, Salem’s Minto-Brown Island Park is packed with adventures for you and your leashed pup, plus a 30-acre unfenced dog park where your pooch can run free. Nestled at a bend in the Willamette River, the 148-acre Keizer Rapids Park offers a fenced off-leash dog park. Southwest of Salem, Monmouth Dog Park has separate areas for small and big dogs, and the Willamette River is right there if your dog likes to swim. At the 2-acre Independence Dog Park, there’s an enclosed off-leash area with shady trees and sections for small and big dogs. STAY: DOG-FRIENDLY HOTELS In the heart of downtown Salem, The Grand Hotel caters to dogs and their owners and is close to nature trails, breweries and wineries. Across the street, The Holman Riverfront Park Hotel hosts a slate of pup-friendly rooms and sits steps away from Minto-Brown Island Park with green spaces and walking paths along the Willamette River. The Best Western Plus Mill Creek also welcomes pets. Located next to the 80-acre Oregon Garden, the Oregon Garden Resort has pet-friendly rooms and botanical gardens where leashed pups are welcome to sniff and explore. TREATS: DOG-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS Meat eaters, vegans and their pups are all welcome to grab an outdoor seat at Ritter’s Housemade Foods in downtown Salem. Nearby Venti’s Cafe has a new petfriendly patio and serves up vegan-forward dishes and comfort food. Northeast of Salem, Mt. Angel Sausage Co. is a festive place to enjoy a classic biergarten with your pup, especially on sunny days. SALEM IS MOPO DOG-FRIENDLY SPOTS PROFILE KUMA Our cover dog, Kuma, is a 9-year-old wooly Siberian husky you can hear howling from miles away when his pawrents, Maribel and Ralph Camacho of Salem, take him to his happy place: Keizer Rapids Park. The Salem area is super dog-friendly, and Maribel and Ralph take Kuma everywhere with them — to breakfast at Isaac’s, to Cubanisimo Vineyards, and to lie in the grass at Xicha Brewing or to visit Silverton’s Gallon House while his people enjoy a pint. Like his parents, Kuma loves to hike, so keep an eye out for him on the trails at Abiqua Falls, Valley of the Giants and Detroit Lake year-round. (His thick coat keeps him plenty warm during the Pacific Northwest winters.) La Familia Cider 25 TravelSalem.com
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