Category: Nevada Local

Sparks
There are 40+ parks in the Sparks area.
Here is Sparks’ website.     Phone (775) 353-2376
Vista-Campello Loop Trail  The 3 mile concrete loop “offers a look at a variety of trees, shrubs and native plants. Many birds, cottontail rabbits and even an occasional coyote call this trail home.”

Washoe County
Parks and Open Space call (775) 823-6500 website
The following trails were found in the Truckee Meadows Field Guide.
Rah Rah Interpretive Trail page 38.   This paved, half-mile “interpretive nature loop trail inside Golden Eagle Regional Park highlights the Native American and natural history of the Rah Rah range.”
Swan Lake Nature Study Area page 50 ..”features an unusually diverse population of birds, including swans. Boardwalks take visitors throughout the wetlands area. Hiking trails also are available to the lake shore.”

Reno     Parks and Recreation call 775-334-2262.
 Huffaker Park Lookout Trail  page 30.   This compacted gravel trail in Huffaker Park “wraps around a pair of hills offering a view of the Truckee Meadows. Visitors can hike a .75-mile or a 1.6-mile loop….”
Oxbow Nature Study Area Trail page 56  “From the trail inside Oxbow Nature Study Area, visitors may see deer, wild rabbits, beaver, golden eagles, hawks, falcons, quail, several types of ducks, snakes, lizards, muskrats and other native species. The trail has multiple access points to the Truckee River.”
Virginia Lake Loop Trail  page 34.  A one mile loop around the lake.

Las Vegas    Parks and Recreation call 702-229‐6541
Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is a  680 acre park described as “… a welcome oasis in the desert of northwest Las Vegas. With its wildlife, lush vegetation, lakes and views of the Sheep and Spring Mountain Ranges, Floyd Lamb is a natural park unique to the typical Las Vegas urban experience.” Vegas.com  Rated in Yelp
Thank you to Lee Birch for this description: “Just north of central Las Vegas, this park has hard, wide, paved trails. Park offers fishing, 4 ponds, and horseback riding. Full outer loop is about 0.8 miles, with internal trails in and around the ponds. No steep slopes. Suitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters.”
Phone 702-229-6297
 1 mile paved trail loops around the pond.  Described in AllTrails.com

 Clark County Wetlands Park    Map
Wetlands Nature Preserve “Trails wind through 210 acres of varied habitat, including:  tall trees, ponds and streams, mesquite woodland, and desert scrub”    Map   There are ADA compliant trails shown on the map.
Duck Creek  “Accessible trails tall shrubs, grass, and small trees.  …..  Trails are currently accessed from the cul-de-sac at the east end of Wetlands Park Lane (outside of the Nature Preserve parking lot).
Wetlands Park Loop Trail  “…. circles the entire Wetlands Park, totaling 13 miles and connecting all of our trailheads.”  Most of it is paved, but one part of the trail, “along the south side of the Las Vegas Wash …. is currently unpaved.  Sections may be periodically impassible due to construction.”  The loop trail connects with the River Mountains Trail.