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| - Henderson promotes itself as "A place to call home." And in my book there is no better place to call home than a picturesque park.
Living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, we are blessed with the gift of sunshine. In my book Vegas is Sun City not Sin City. I don't take the gift of endless sunshine for granted. I go out of my way to spend time in the sunshine. From Indian Springs to Boulder City, I am up to spending time exploring different parks. Recently after a breakfast at the Friendly Donut House, I set out for O' Callaghan Park.
When driving on Horizon Drive on a straight stretch of asphalt between US 95 and College Drive, it is easy to miss O' Callaghan Park. There is no distinctive landmark, just a water tank at the corner of Skyline Drive. It's a shame because this is an island of tranquility.
O' Callaghan is a 20 acre park at the corner of Horizon and Skyline East of US 95. The park is large enough to have two parking lots and playgrounds. The park is cool enough to have a canopy of mature trees.
When I visited the park, I parked off the Horizon Drive parking lot. This is the westernmost border of the rectangular Park that reaches east to border the school yard of an elementary school. Backyards border the north side of the rectangle where Skyline Drive borders the south side of it. I entered the park through one of the two playgrounds that were relatively graffiti-free. My first impression is that the park was bigger than it seemed. From a distance the adjacent green school yard appears to be a part of the park. The park was big enough. According to the Cardio Trainer app, the circular walking course is the length of a mile. It was a pretty mile alongside a well kept green lawn sparsely populated with mature trees on a slightly uphill climb toward the border of the elementary school. The walking course connected to recreation facilities including a basketball court, tennis courts, playgrounds, volleyball, and picnic tables. The walking course provided views of both Black and Frenchman Mountains. The park's grand vista is the diminutive pedestrian bridge across a section of the green lawn.
O' Callaghan Park is a nice Park to call home for a couple of hours. The City of Henderson does a fine job maintaining it. The mature trees compliment the Vegas sunshine. The minutes spent relaxing at O' Callaghan Park are minutes that add to your life.
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