Maravilla Park and Dog Park, Fort Pierce

Maravilla Park is a City of Fort Pierce neighborhood park on Oleander near Maple Avenue with a dog park, public tennis and basketball courts, a playground and the Maravilla Center recreation building.

The city parks listing classifies Maravilla Park / Dog Park as a Neighborhood Park at Oleander Ave and Maple Ave and lists two tennis courts with lighting, two baseball and softball practice fields, one small basketball court, a community recreation center, a playground equipment set, three picnic tables, benches and a small restroom (City Parks listing PDF). The same Fort Pierce listing describes the dog park itself as having one small pavilion and two benches. That listing carries the line Updated: 10/3/2013, so its amenity counts predate any later changes at the park.

The city's own summary of Fort Pierce parks names Maravilla Park, including a dog park, alongside Moore's Creek and Inlet Linear Parks, Causeway, South Beach, Jetty, Dreamland and Pioneers Parks (About Fort Pierce page). The current Venue Rentals page confirms two of the 2013 amenities for today: it says tennis and basketball courts at the Maravilla Center are available to the public, and it describes a playground on site (Venue Rentals page).

Maravilla falls under the citywide park hours, sunrise to sunset unless a sign posts other hours (City Parks page). That page routes questions on park facilities, fees, permits and rules to the River Walk Center, 772-467-3854, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

City of Fort Pierce pages give the Maravilla street number as 2622 on Oleander, but they disagree on whether it is Oleander Avenue or Oleander Boulevard and on the ZIP code.

The city FAQ page itself carries both street names. Its answer to whether pets are allowed in a city park places Maravilla Park (Dog Park) at 2622 Oleander Ave, Fort Pierce, FL 34982, while its Animal Control answer on dog parks places Maravilla Dog Park at 2622 Oleander Blvd., Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page). The Venue Rentals page lists the Maravilla Center at 2622 Oleander Blvd with ZIP code 34950 (Venue Rentals page), and the 2013 parks listing gives only the intersection, Oleander Ave and Maple Ave (City Parks listing PDF).

Sources for the rows: the City of Fort Pierce FAQ page, the Venue Rentals page, the City Parks listing PDF and the Census Bureau geocoder result. The federal geocoder matched the boulevard form of the address with ZIP 34982 and placed it inside Fort Pierce city limits. The city pages themselves still carry both street names and both ZIP codes, and the Fort Pierce River Walk Center line, 772-489-6473, is the number the Venue Rentals page gives for the Maravilla Center.

The city FAQ lists the Maravilla Dog Park as open every day, sunrise to sunset, and it is one of the two dog parks the FAQ says are within Fort Pierce.

In its Animal Control answers, the Fort Pierce FAQ names the other one as Savannas' Dog Park, 1400 E Midway Rd., with hours of 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page). The same FAQ answers the question of pets in other city parks with a No that points to the Maravilla dog park, and says no beach inside Fort Pierce is dog friendly, pointing instead to Walton Rocks Beach, 6700 S Ocean Dr., Jensen Beach, as the nearest one that is.

City licensing rules cover dogs and cats kept in Fort Pierce. The FAQ sets the license fee at $10 for spayed or neutered dogs and cats and $75 for unspayed or unneutered animals, requires a current rabies vaccination certificate, and says the City of Fort Pierce requires pet owners to register their pet every year rather than offering a lifetime registration (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page). The FAQ also allows a total of five dogs, cats or other domesticated animals per owner.

Two Fort Pierce FAQ answers state different ages for licensing. The Information Center answer applies the license rule to any dog or cat over 6 months of age in the city limits, while the Animal Control answer says all dogs and cats over the age of four months must be licensed within 30 days of acquiring the animal or establishing residency in the city (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page). Owners of a young dog can ask the city which age applies before a first visit to Maravilla.

Any non-injured pet that Fort Pierce Animal Control picks up is taken to the Humane Society at 100 Savannah Road to be impounded, according to the FAQ, which gives (772) 461-0687 as the number to call to see whether a pet has been brought in (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page). The same Fort Pierce FAQ explains yearly registration as a way to keep owner contact information and pet information current.

The Maravilla Center is a City of Fort Pierce rental building that the city markets for children's parties, available to rent only on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Fort Pierce Venue Rentals page lists the Maravilla Center phone as (772) 489-6473, the same number given for the River Walk Center, and describes a playground on site (Venue Rentals page). Weekdays go to classes instead: the page says that Monday through Friday the city offers exercise classes there such as Zumba, dance exercise and chair exercise, and refers readers to an exercise calendar on the city's main page.

The Venue Rentals page links a separate Maravilla Center rate sheet next to the sheets for Pierce Hall, the Sunrise Room and the Garden Center, and it is the place to read the current Maravilla charge (Venue Rentals page). The same Fort Pierce page lists the River Walk Center at 600 N Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34950, under the same (772) 489-6473 number, while the City Parks page gives 772-467-3854 for the River Walk Center (City Parks page), so two city pages print two River Walk Center numbers. Unlike Pierce Hall (150 guests seated) and the Garden Center (60 guests seated), the Fort Pierce page gives no seated capacity for the Maravilla Center.

For gatherings elsewhere on city land, the Fort Pierce FAQ says any activity such as a wedding, party or fundraiser held on city-owned property requires a Special Event Permit, with questions to 772-489-6473 (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page).

The city FAQ places both dog parks within Fort Pierce, but Maravilla is a city neighborhood park while the Savannas dog park sits inside a St. Lucie County recreation area on East Midway Road.

St. Lucie County describes the Savannas Recreation Area at 1400 E. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34982, as open year round, with visitors able to explore daily from sunrise to sunset with access to the fishing piers, canoe and kayak rentals, the dog park and nature trails (St. Lucie County Savannas Recreation Area page). The county says its dog park includes open turf, shade and seating for owners, and that camping registration and pavilion reservations are handled at the Trading Post or at 772-464-7855.

The Fort Pierce FAQ, by contrast, lists Savannas' Dog Park hours as 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. every day (City of Fort Pierce FAQ page), while the county page gives sunrise to sunset for the recreation area. Maravilla sits beside public courts and a playground, while the county site adds fishing piers, canoe and kayak rentals and nature trails, as the two pages above describe.

The 2013 Fort Pierce parks listing files The Savannahs, at 1400 Midway Rd, among the county operated facilities within the city limits and classifies it as a Regional Park (City Parks listing PDF). Last verified: October 22, 2026, after re-reading the Fort Pierce Venue Rentals, City Parks, About and FAQ pages, the 2013 parks listing, the county Savannas page and the Census geocoder result for the Maravilla address.