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    Prison Hill Recreation Area

    4.7 (7 reviews)

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    Colleen S.

    My dog loves the trails here! Great signs at the trailheads to tell you about each trail so that you can choose one to fit your mood and abilities. Lots of nice folks walking and mountain biking the trails too. Absolutely beautiful vistas are one of the things that makes these trails so amazing. There's no shortage of wildlife either. The area is alive with blossoms in the spring. Budding rockhounds can be seen picking up pieces of white quartz and other simple treasures. Pack a snack so that you can sit awhile and enjoy the peace and quiet only nature can bring! The City will continue to seek public opinion in 2020 as to what should happen with the Prision Hill Recreation area so watch for postings and let your opinion be known. Me? I wish they would leave the pastures and walking trails as they are now. Keep Carson City rural in character and small.

    Gradual but steep trail with amazing views.  Access from Clearview Road, I think.

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    Blackwell's Pond Park

    Blackwell's Pond Park

    3.7(7 reviews)
    3.3 mi

    It's a nice park, but it's in an HOA community. I've seen people get kicked out of it before…read morebecause they didn't live there. I don't know what the laws are about that. Otherwise it's a very nice park with good play equipment for kids of all ages. (not a wheelchair access accessible playground)

    Google maps shows this park as "Spooner/Oxbow Park", but don't let that fool you it's true name and…read moreit's history, is much more mysterious. According to the historical marker placed at this site, "In 1902 Marion Jefferson Blackwell purchased 360 acres from the State of Nevada, 556 acres of adjoining land from Sweeney's Hot Springs and a lot with a house. He raised carp and catfish to sell commercially also hay and horses. Neighbors used the ponds for swimming and ice skating. Born 1847, in Hall County, Georgia he married Nancy Amna Mayes in 1866. While living in Jamestown, California his wife died. He then moved the family to the Carson Valley near Genoa in 1895. He married Martha "Mattie" H. Willey in Yerington in 1899, then moved to Eagle Valley in 1902. He resided here till his death in 1914. His descendants continue to live in the area." Besides its rich history, the park is a small neighborhood park with a covered picnic area, a small playground, and a--I want to say walking path but it's not because it literally goes no where into the grass (srsly why is this here?), so we'll just say--some concrete. Although it's now just mostly a manicured lawn, there are still remnants of the pond in the form of two sloughs that flank the park. Cattails and blackbirds abound! Be careful where you step here, because it's difficult to discern where the ground and water meet. Also, apparently someone was murdered here in 2016 over a drug deal done awry. So, maybe avoid the place at night.

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    Blackwell's Pond Park - Large green area for running around, frisbee, football, etc.

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    Large green area for running around, frisbee, football, etc.

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