The Paseo Verde Park is a picturesque park in the Green Valley Ranch masterplanned community of Henderson. It is a sister park to the nearly identical landscaped Discovery Park. Using the anology that Paseo Verde Parkway is a dumbell the Discovery Park is the left (west) weight and Paseo Verde Park is the right (east) weight.
In its role as a neighborhood park, it provides the community with several amenities within its horseshoe shaped borders (just like Discovery Park). The amenities include baseball fields, basketball, tennis, playground, volleyball, picnic tables, and open golf course green spaces interspersed with groves of mature trees.
In its underrated role as a borderline local and regional park, it provides the larger community with hiking. It is contiguous to both the Amargosa Trail (connects Eastern Avenue to the Mission Hills Drive entrance to the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area) and Paseo Verde Trail (connects Valle Verde Drive to St Rose Parkway and St. Rose Parkway Trail). The multiplexed trails form the northern border of the eight acre City of Henderson park.
Since moving here in 2005, I have visited the Paseo Verde Park. It predates several of the trails and parks that have sprouted up from the Mojave Desert. As my time in Henderson and the parks grew, so did the trees. Throughout the year, the mature trees with the plants provide visual candy to the park. In the summertime, the trees create an eco cool island. Last summer the trees along the contiguous Amargosa /Paseo Verde Trail gave off so much shade to the degree that it seemed like it set off the Green embellished lamppost. In the grueling months of summer when I don't have the wherewithal to drive to Mount Charleston, this is a go to spot. A few months later, in the Fall, the trees show off the Autumn colors. With the adjacent trail system this is a four star spot to take in the Fall colors. During the Fall months, the fallen leaves decorate the golf course green grass. A few months into the new year, colorful flowers bloom throughout the park. Throughout the year, Black Mountain-South towers above in the background.
Throughout the years and as recent as a few weeks ago, I have stopped here on my Green Valley Ranch hike. This is a round-trip hike between The District and Smith's-anchored shopping center at Paseo Verde and Valle Verde. With the Amargosa Trail, Paseo Verde Trail, and neighborhood trails and parks; it is a hike where I exchange a couple of hours with urban nature. This is a hike that dates back to late 2011 when I reviewed the Paseo Verde Trail.
With the China Go Go across the street being take-out only during Covid-19 , I brought it here for a couple picnics at the tables bordering the playground. The Paseo Verde pigeons have shared these experiences. They are the park bird and seem to be well behaved. Regardless they have left their marks on the tables which requires a protective cover on the table. These often mistakingly maligned birds have been a ray of sunshine during these dark times. To me, these birds are a connection to nature.
Pigeons and the supporting birds are not the only ones besides people who love the park. So do dogs. I often see pet parents bonding with their fur babies on the open green space. Although there is a want for a dog park there are dog waste bag stations.
Paseo Verde Park is immaculately clean. On my Park State-of-Condition Report Card, I give it an "A." My demerits are for the omnipresent City of Henderson parks restroom graffiti and the graffiti that has sprung up on the Covid-19 closed basketball hoops. As far as Safety, I also give it an "A." It is incorporated in an upscale neighborhood that is safe. The well kept houses along the landscaped drive bordering the horseshoe shaped periphery add to the sense of security.
Just like the attractive mature trees that have laid their roots in the lush soil, so has yours truly. I have so much roots imbedded in the Park since 2005 that I consider the Paseo Verde Park as much of a community institution as I do a park. In reality this park amungst many connects me to the City of Henderson, hiking, and urban nature. It is a community institution that I will return to again and again. read more