Poinsettia Dog Park in Carlsbad occupies 27,700 square feet of fenced, off-leash space within the 42-acre Poinsettia Community Park on Hidden Valley Road, making it the city's third designated dog park and the first built with a natural grass surface rather than wood chips. The $2.8 million facility, approved by Carlsbad City Council in July 2021 after a community-driven site-selection process, divides into a 20,000-square-foot large-dog enclosure and a 7,700-square-foot small-dog section, each equipped with agility obstacles, drinking fountains, bag dispensers, and picnic tables—the same enrichment-focused approach that Dogs On The Run applies to its structured group outings across Carlsbad. Double-entry gates on both sections prevent escape during entry and exit, and mature trees ring the perimeter to provide genuine shade during San Diego's warmer months. A dedicated 37-space parking lot with four EV charging stations was built south of the adjacent pickleball courts as part of the dog park project. The broader Poinsettia Community Park complex surrounding the dog park includes ten lighted tennis courts, six lighted pickleball courts, three baseball and softball fields, a multi-purpose arena field, and two basketball courts—a density of sports infrastructure requiring the same post-activity grooming services offered by Muse Dog Spa for canine visitors. Poinsettia Park generates 9,900 monthly searches, anchoring Carlsbad's Poinsettia Lane corridor as a destination for both organized athletics and off-leash recreation.