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| - A large beautiful park for all kinds of fun activities, e.g.: kids playing, walking, running, dog walking, valleyball, soccer/football, frisbee, picnic, or simply just relaxing...! AND yes, one can even do REAL HIKING on a REAL hill! On its peak, there's a spectacular view of the city of Vegas/Henderson and surrounding mountain ranges! - This park is meticulously maintained and very well patrolled by park security.
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- It is a large, very popular park for locals and tourists of ALL ages! This park has endless green lawns; a western-themed children's play area; valleyball courts; covered pavilions, paved trails around the park (~1mi). There are concrete benches and picnic tables everywhere. Yes, there is restroom facility here, too.
- This park is a kids' heaven with its spacious, interesting playground, which even has a circular court with water spouts shooting out columns of water at different time intervels to amaze and delight the children, and entertain their parents and grandparents!
REAL HIKING ON THE HILL?
- YES, Seriously!
Much to the delight of us city-hikers, we can do REAL hiking on a real hill here, too! There is a large Circular Observation Deck with a magnificent, panaramic view of Vegas/Henderson, the Spanish Trail...and surrounding mountain ranges! [See pics]! This great deck is quite educational on Vegas history and geography, as is breathtaking in beauty.
There are about 0.5mi gentle hiking trails around the hill. One can hike this Exploration Peak (~200+ft vertical) in a combination of different routes. There's a covered pavilion on the mid-hill and one on the top with great views, perfect for picnic or taking a rest.
The hike is short and quite gentle, the views are spectacular, thus very popular for all ages.
- Hiking up the trails, I have seen todlers walking on a leash; young dads pushing a stroller up, elderlies hiking up on canes...not to mention people hiking their pets up and down! Of course, it's not uncommon to see young legs running up and down the slopes!
Notes:
1. While uploading pics, I found out that our Yelper hiker Daniel S. had already given an excellent, informative and interesting review on Exploration Peak Park a couple of months back. You'll find it worth yourwhile reading it!
2. Reference Website:
http://www.mymountainsedge.com/amenity.asp?id=2
Peterskis, Nov 2012
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