Search parks, beaches, trails, hotels, campgrounds and cabin resorts in California and Nevada by name, location and dog rules.

Returns one page of places with a one-line answer ("Yes, on a leash no longer than 6 feet."), status (yes, yes_restricted, no, varies), verification date and page URL. Use dogpolicies_get_place for full rules and sources, and dogpolicies_find_hotels to check a specific dog's weight and budget at hotels.

Examples:

• "Off-leash beaches near San Diego" -> type="beach", off_leash=true, near={lat:32.72, lon:-117.16}

• "Can I bring my dog to Point Lobos?" -> query="Point Lobos"

• "State parks in Marin County that allow dogs" -> type="park", county="Marin", dogs_allowed=true

• "Lake Tahoe beaches in Nevada that allow dogs" -> type="beach", state="NV", dogs_allowed=true

• "Off-leash dog parks in Las Vegas" -> type="park", off_leash=true, county="Clark", state="NV"

• "RV parks in Fresno County that take dogs" -> type="campground", county="Fresno", dogs_allowed=true

• "Dog-friendly cabins in June Lake" -> type="cabins", query="June Lake", dogs_allowed=true

• "Restaurants with a dog-friendly patio in Alameda" -> type="restaurant", query="Alameda"

Anything for dogs around a town, county or point: everything dog-related nearby, grouped by kind: beaches, parks, trails, hotels, campgrounds, cabins, places to eat and rest areas, each sorted by distance, with the dog rule and citation for each. The one call to make when a user names a place and asks "what can I do with my dog there?".

Takes a town or county name (no coordinates needed) or a point. Use dogpolicies_find_hotels when the question is about a specific dog's weight or budget, dogpolicies_plan_trip for a whole stay, dogpolicies_search_places for one kind with filters.

Examples:

• "What can my dog do in Carmel?" -> place="Carmel"

• "Dog beaches and parks around South Lake Tahoe" -> place="South Lake Tahoe", types=["beach","park"]

• "Anything dog-friendly within 5 miles of here" -> near={lat:36.6, lon:-121.9}, radius_miles=5

The full record for one place you already know by id: every dog rule with its display text, the rules list, and each source with its URL, publisher, capture date and quote. Full rules and sources for one place: every fact with its display text, the rules list, and each source with its URL, publisher, capture date and quote.

Use after dogpolicies_search_places or dogpolicies_find_hotels, which return ids. Example: id="carmel-beach".

Which one is better for a dog? Compare two to six places on the facts that decide a dog trip: dogs allowed, leash rule, where dogs may go, pet fee, weight limit, pets per room, restrictions, plus confidence, freshness and who confirmed each record. One row per fact, one column per place, every place with its citation.

Use after a search returned candidates and the user asks "which one?". Ids come from any search result. Example: ids=["carmel-beach","asilomar-state-beach"].

Plan a stay in a California or Nevada town with a dog, in one call: where to stay (hotels, campgrounds and cabins that will take this dog, with the pet fee for the whole stay worked out), what to do (beaches, parks and trails that allow dogs, nearest first) and where to eat (patios that take dogs), every item with its citation.

Give the town or county and the dog: weight, how many dogs, nights, and the most the user will pay in pet fees. Use dogpolicies_route_stops for the drive there and dogpolicies_near for a quick list without the stay check.

Examples:

• "Three nights in Monterey with our 70 lb Lab, pet fees under $100" -> place="Monterey", dog_weight_lb=70, nights=3, max_total_fee=100

• "A weekend in South Lake Tahoe with two small dogs" -> place="South Lake Tahoe", dogs=2, nights=2

• "Camping near Mammoth Lakes with a dog" -> place="Mono County", stay_types=["campground","cabins"]

Find hotels and motels in California and Nevada that will take a specific dog, with the estimated pet fee for the stay.

Each hotel is sorted into "match" (the policy says yes on everything asked), "possible" (nothing rules it out, but something needs a call: a hotel that decides case by case, an unstated weight limit, a limit the hotel lifts with its approval, an "up to" fee) or excluded (left out). Matches come first, cheapest pet fee first. The fee arithmetic is spelled out for every result.

Examples:

• "Will a Monterey hotel take my 70 lb Lab for under $50?" -> county="Monterey", dog_weight_lb=70, max_total_fee=50

• "Two dogs, three nights near Palm Springs" -> near={lat:33.83, lon:-116.55}, dogs=2, nights=3

• "Is the Motel 6 in Fresno dog friendly?" -> query="Motel 6 Fresno"

• "A Las Vegas hotel for my 60 lb dog" -> county="Clark", state="NV", dog_weight_lb=60

A hotel chain's published pet policy: pets per room, weight limit, fee, rules, listed exceptions and how many California and Nevada properties carry it.

Brands covered: Best Western (best-western), Extended Stay America (extended-stay-america), Kimpton Hotels (kimpton), La Quinta by Wyndham (la-quinta), Motel 6 (motel-6), Red Roof Inn (red-roof). Example: brand="red-roof" or brand="Kimpton".

Ready-made lists that answer common questions (list the state parks, national parks, beaches or hotels that allow dogs), such as "Which California national parks allow dogs?" or "Where can dogs go off leash on California beaches?".

Without a slug, lists every question with its slug and result count. With a slug, returns that question's places.

Dog-friendly stops along a California or Nevada highway, in driving order: rest areas (Caltrans rest areas with pet areas; Nevada rest areas, where leashed dogs are allowed), travel stops with dog parks, hotels, cabin resorts and campgrounds or RV parks near the road (all checked against the dog's weight and the pet-fee budget) and parks or beaches that allow dogs.

Each stop has its mile on the route and its distance off the road. Each route covers one state and stops at the state line. California miles follow the Caltrans odometer: north on I-5 (from the Mexican border), US-101 (from Los Angeles), Highway 1 (from Dana Point) and I-15 (i-15, San Diego to Primm); east on I-80 (i-80, San Francisco to the Nevada line) and US-50 (us-50, West Sacramento to Stateline). Nevada routes count Nevada mileposts from the California line, matching the exit numbers: north on I-15 (i-15-nevada), east on I-80 (i-80-nevada) and US-50 (us-50-nevada, Stateline to Utah); north on US-95 (us-95-nevada, California line to Oregon) and US-93 (us-93-nevada, Hoover Dam to Idaho), whose miles include the stretches they share with other highways. Where Highway 1 runs on US-101, stops on that stretch say so in on_road. Give a starting point with from_mile or near, and a direction.

Routes covered: I-5 (i-5, 796 miles), US-101 (us-101, 809 miles), Highway 1 (highway-1, 736 miles), I-15 (i-15, 294 miles), I-80 (i-80, 204 miles), US-50 (us-50, 109 miles), I-15 (i-15-nevada, 124 miles), I-80 (i-80-nevada, 410 miles), US-50 (us-50-nevada, 409 miles), US-95 (us-95-nevada, 664 miles), US-93 (us-93-nevada, 526 miles).

Examples:

• "Driving north on I-5 from Los Angeles with a 70 lb dog, where can we stop?" -> near={lat:34.05, lon:-118.24}, direction="north", dog_weight_lb=70

• "Pet areas on the Grapevine" -> from_mile=170, to_mile=222, kinds=["rest_area","park"]

• "Heading south on 101 from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, where can the dog run?" -> route="us-101", near={lat:37.77, lon:-122.42}, to_mile=100, direction="south"

• "Dog-friendly hotel near Redding under $40 a night" -> near={lat:40.59, lon:-122.39}, kinds=["lodging"], max_total_fee=40

• "Driving I-80 east from Reno with a dog, where can we stop?" -> route="i-80-nevada", near={lat:39.53, lon:-119.81}, direction="east"

One rule (a fee, a leash rule, a weight limit) by its stable id, with its value, the source it cites, the quote, its confidence, the date it was verified and its freshness, plus the place's citation line. Rule ids look like "rul__" and appear in every place result as rule_records.

Everything that changed in the whole data set since a date: verification events and rule changes everywhere, newest first, so an agent can poll cheaply instead of re-reading every record. Each entry names the place, what happened (confirmed, changed, source_gone, blocked, disputed), who checked, and links the record.

Verification events (confirmed, changed, source gone, blocked, disputed) since a date for places within a radius of a town, county or point, newest first. The way to answer "has anything changed around Tahoe since my last trip?" or to re-check a saved itinerary. Use dogpolicies_changes_since for everything everywhere.

Example: "What changed near Monterey since September?" -> place="Monterey", since="2026-09-01"

File a correction when a user says a rule on a record is wrong or has changed (a fee went up, a beach closed to dogs, a hotel now takes two pets). The report goes to a person who re-reads the official source; nothing is published automatically and the record does not change until it is verified. Give the place id, what is wrong in a sentence or two, and the official page the user saw, if any. Never send personal details beyond an optional contact the user offers.