Ironwood Dog Park

09/23/2025

H.O.P.E. Animal Shelter maintains the financial records for the Dog Park so the Paypal link will take you to HOPE's donation page.

You can donate to the Iron King Dog Park or if you prefer, to the planned small-dog park. Just click on the drop-down box to pick which specific area/account you'd like your donation to be applied to.

We appreciate all financial support!

09/14/2025

Thanks to Drooling Dog Bakery for making treats and pup cups available to our walkers. We're still here if anyone wants to walk the trails to benefit the Dog Park. C'mon down!

09/14/2025

Hope to see you this morning for the Hound Dog Hike. Dog Park is closed to off-leash dogs from 8 am until 12 noon today (Sunday, 14th). Late Run Coffee & Drooling Dog Bakery will be on-site for those who need a starter to their day, human or dog!

09/08/2025

Quick Reminder: Weather forecast is Sunny, passing clouds, high of 79! The dog park will be closed to off-leash dogs between 8 am & noon. Hope to see you Sunday morning!
Looking for something to do this next Sunday morning? A quick walk in Miners Memorial Heritage Park (with or without your dog!) is a good way to start the day. $15 entry fee with some give away prizes will help the Dog Park pay for annual upkeep costs.

09/03/2025

HOUND DOG HIKE coming up! Believe the last one we held was in 2021. Details so far (with firm plans in the next couple of days): SUNDAY, SEPT 14th between 9am & 12pm. Plan on the Dog Park being closed to all off-leash dogs from 8 am until noon.

Entry fee used to pay for doggy bags, lawn mowing, fence repairs, entry gate repairs. It generally costs about $1000/year to cover various expenses. This has nothing to do with the other fundraising activities for the proposed small dog park. Proceeds from this event benefit only the existing Iron King Dog Park.

We might have a couple food trucks on site and will post a flyer with entry fee info as soon as all plans are finalized. Cross your fingers for some beautiful autumn weather, bring your pup for a walk, but honestly, it's NOT required you bring a dog along!!

08/19/2025

FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN for a small-dog park.

We are seeking to establish a fenced in area exclusively for small dogs, just around the corner from the existing fenced in yard - NOT attached to the existing park at all. Size will be about 110 ft x 40 ft and be located just south of the SW corner of the current park (across from the large mower access gate). Projected costs for the materials are $2500 to $3000. We've collected approximately $1000 so far. HOPE Animal Shelter, with permission from Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park, maintains a bank account exclusively for Iron King Dog Park. Any contribution amount would be greatly appreciated; checks should be made payable to HOPE Animal Shelter with a memo of "small dog park." You can also donate through Paypal and select SMALL Dog Park on the donation drop-down box.

Park property is city owned; HOPE takes care of providing doggy bags, lawn care and fence maintenance. This expansion project is spearheaded by community members who are fundraising and giving volunteer time to install the fencing.

A big THANK YOU to the many businesses who have allowed donation canisters at their stores and to everyone who has already donated to get this project moving along.

For further info or inquiries, please contact Renee Smidl at 906.675.9369 or the HOPE Treasurer, Colleen Sachs at 906.364.1445.

06/04/2025

**Update: table repaired & branches removed.
Working on repair of the broken benches on the picnic table. Will also try to get the overgrown tree branches trimmed in the middle of the park space.

03/27/2024

We have a new storage box to replace the broken bench, so will get that over there.........maybe after the snow melts a bit!!
Thinking about a new picnic table too!

03/27/2024

05/22/2022

It was a gentle giants patrol gang at the park Saturday! 3 large boys, 1 smaller old girl and their little friend!

05/22/2022

New bench at the park and we're guessing/hoping someone left the rock as a thank-you for replacing the busted up one!

Lawn mowing will start next week, not sure what day though.

As always, please clean up after your dogs, plenty of bags and we're getting back on the regular park check up, taking away garbage, etc.

We had not checked the donations box for a while, but that's all caught up too. What we gathered from donations actually paid for the new bench so THANK YOU all for that!!

** extra ask of park users: there's some ankle twisting holes being dug by dogs. No problem with dogs wanting to dig, but could you maybe kick the dirt back into the hole before you leave the park?