Dog Boarding & Daycare Near Old Town, Maine

Old Town sits on Marsh Island, bounded by the Penobscot River to the east and the Stillwater River to the west, with a population of 7,431 at the 2020 census. The city grew up around lumber milling and water power on the river — Old Town Canoe, founded there in 1898, is still the best-known name tied to that history — and Pushaw Lake, a popular boating and fishing lake, lies just to the west of town.

The Penobscot Nation's Indian Island reservation sits within the city's limits in the Penobscot River, home to the largest historic Penobscot village before English settlement. It's a sovereign tribal community, not a public park, so it isn't listed below as a dog-walking destination — but it's part of what makes Old Town's geography and history distinct from the other towns on this page.

Sewall Park, on Perch Pond (formerly known as Mud Pond), is a smaller in-town green space worth knowing about, though we couldn't find a published dog or leash policy for it to quote accurately here.

Industry is still part of Old Town's identity, too: the city is home to a paper mill owned by Nine Dragons Paper Holdings, though rising electricity and wood-fiber costs forced a shutdown in 2023 — a reminder that the mill-town economy here has had a harder few years than the lumber-era history might suggest.