Situated in the southwest Las Vegas valley, Nevada Trails Park is both a 10 acre park and a 1.63 mile (according to Cardio Trainer) paved walking path. Based on first-hand experience, this review discusses both the 10-acre park and the paved walking path.
The 10-acre park:
Nevada Trails Park is located in the southwest vicinity of Rainbow and Warm Springs Roads. It is in a rapidly developing area. In the last couple of years, the immediate area northeast of the park has rapidly transformed from a desert lot into a Metro Diner-anchored mall and a Sprouts. And in the rapidly changing landscape to the immediate east of the park, retail and restaurants are continuing to transform the desert. As a result where last year the park overlooked Rainbow Road, in the Fall of 2018, it is now difficult to set eyes on Nevada Trails Park from Rainbow Road. Only a few years new a couple of schools and residential communities also abut the park. With the sundry of rapid development surrounding Nevada Trails Park, it is nice that the shareholders of the community had the vision to create this park and the contiguous walking path.
When I visit parks, I want to experience nature and the spiritual side of my personality. In other words I want to escape from the fast pace of the world. When I visit a park the one thing that can instantaneously shatter a relaxed state of mind is graffiti and vandalism. Fortunately there is very little of that here. What there is a lot of here are park amenities. To start things off the circumferential park proper trail leads to the recreation. It is a trail where two laps around equals a mile. As you will see soon, there are a lot more miles to acrue on the Nevada Trails adventure. Anyways, this walking trail connects to a basketball court, playgrounds, picnic tables, tennis courts, and other amenities. In the core of the walking path is open golf course green grass with a landscaped wash. As a hiker who has driven from Henderson to here, it's greatest amenity is the connection to the paved walking path.
The paved walking path:
If you follow my reviews or are my friend, you would know that hiking is one of my passions. With hiking comes traditions. Recently, a mid September tradition is hiking this trail. Towards the end of a typical brutal hot Las Vegas summer this has been a leading hike at desert elevation. It is easy, the surface is flat, and it is approximately 1.63 miles each way. A bonus is now that Sprouts is open, I could park in their vast parking lot, buy a cold water, and hit the trail.
The walking path starts at the southwest of the park. From there, it travels in a southwest direction crossing Robindale then ultimately concluding at Buffalo. To give you some perspective of the east to west distance, it is equal distance to traveling on the 215 between the Buffalo and Rainbow exits.
Just like the 10-acre park, it is clean and generally free of graffiti. The landscape wash that cut through the 10-acre park resides parellel to the trail providing attractive xeorscaping and a buffer between the homes. From the park proper, Victorian style lamp posts border the concrete walkway weaving along a wash between the Nevada Trails residential communities. This is a landscape that keeps me in a relaxed state of mind. The many trail users many with their canines appear to be in the same state. There is a tempory gap in the trail requiring a short walk along the Majestic Bluff Road sidewalk. At the time of this writing, rapid development is transforming the lot that makes the trail discontinuous for a short distance. I am hopeful that the new development incorporates completion of the gap. The trail then joins a scenic community park with lots of shade before returning to paralleling the wash southwest.
A relatively short distance is the major flaw. That flaw is crossing against the four lane Robindale Road minus a traffic control device. This requires observance and speed. I ask, "How can they build a Sprouts in a few months but are so slow to install a traffic control device?"
After the trail user such as me risks their life crossing a busy four lane road, they will rejoin the trail in one more scenic park with shade and a playground. This is Robindale Park. In a short distance, it passes by an apartment community. Ultimately without any signs, it concludes at Buffalo Road. According to my Cardio Trainer app this is a 1.63 mile hike. At this point I pause for a few minutes. This is not a hike with a majestic ending. There is nothing spectacular to see from the trails conclusion at Buffalo. At this point, it is time to walk back to the 10-acre. What is neat is that back at the park proper you can extend the hike an additional mile by going around the 0..5 mile park proper walking path two times. What is more neat is following up the adventure with an awesome post-hike meal in one of the many restaurants nearby.
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