Quarry Park

I just moved to Monterey and went over to Quarry Park on a whim today, just to check it out. I was hoping to find a place where I and my dog might be able to go trail running.
Quarry Park is pretty small, for a preserve area. It’s easy to drive right by the main entrance. I was trying to find an actual parking area on Google Earth, but there really isn’t one; you just park on the street near the entrance.
The park itself is basically a box canyon (perhaps a long-​disused quarry?) in the middle of Monterey. There’s a single main, wide, unpaved trail that leads from the entrance to the end of the canyon; it’s not long, *maybe* a quarter-​mile. Signs at the front of the park say dogs are allowed on-​leash, but while I was there, 2 dogs were there with their owners, off-​leash, trotting along and enjoying themselves as dogs should officially sanctioned in so many more places.
In addition to the main walking trail (which is flat), there’s also a small dirt path that splits off at one point and climbs up to the canyon rim, where you can hike around a bit where pretty much no one goes. There’s a second entrance up at the rim near the end of the canyon, on Google Maps it’s right near 458 Dry Creek Road. If the street near the main entrance were too full to park; it looks like you could park on Dry Creek Rd and go in here. I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not prepared for a couple of short, but relatively steep, narrow, loose portions of trail.
If you want a longer hike, you can take the Veteran’s Park Trail out of Quarry Park up to Veteran’s. It runs through a narrow gap between two residential developments up to Veteran’s Memorial Park and from there you can get into the trails in the Huckleberry Hill preserve.