Lend a Hand: Park volunteers contribute to the community by helping us provide quality parks, trails and open spaces. Use the "pdf" links below for a Volunteer or Adopt-a-Park application and Volunteer Release Form. For additional information on volunteer opportunities with Washoe County parks, contact Stephanie D’Arcy at (775) 823-6514.

Family Entertainment at the Great Basin Adventure. From square dancing to Shakespeare, Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space presents a series of Sunday evening family fun and entertainment during this year’s Summer Family Entertainment Series at Wilbur May’s Great Basin Adventure. For more information, please see the announcement below.

Summer Music Series return to Lazy 5 Regional Park: A popular series of free summer evening concerts returns to Washoe County’s Lazy 5 Regional Park on Wednesday evenings in July and August. Regional Parks and Open Space continues to offer this music series free to the community thanks to the generous support of this year’s Series Presenting Sponsor, Summit Christian Church, along with the many individual concert sponsors. Concerts will be held every Wednesday through August 26. For more information, please see the announcement below.

Free Swim Days July 4 and July 18 at the Sun Valley Pool: Lifestyle Homes Foundation is sponsoring a Free Swim Day for all ages this Saturday, July 4, at the Sun Valley Pool located at 115 West 6th Avenue in Sun Valley. Pool hours are 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Lifestyle Homes is covering all admission, for all ages, all day long. A second Community Free Swim Day, this one sponsored by Sun Valley General Improvement District Trustee Bob Fink and his wife Norma, will be held at the Sun Valley Pool on Saturday, July 18.

"Honest Horses" exhibit comes to Bartley Ranch Regional Park: Experience the saga of wild horses in the Great Basin through stunning photographs and first-person narratives when Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space presents Paula Morin's Horses: A Portrait of the Mustang in the Great Basin” from June 27 through August 9 at Bartley Ranch Regional Park. For details, please see the announcment below.