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Truckee Meadows Trails Guide: A new regional trails guide focusing on the Truckee Meadows vicinity is available in pdf format on our website. Just scroll down this page and click the link below. Reno, Sparks and Washoe County staff worked together to create this guide as a service to our residents and guests. Major funding came from a Federal Highway Administration Recreational Trails Program Grant, along with support from the RSCVA, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and Scheels. Hard copies of the guide are also available. For information, call (775) 823-6519.

Washoe County’s Melio Gaspari Water Play Park in Lazy 5 Regional Park will be open weekends only for the three-day Memorial Day weekend and the first week of June. The park will begin regular summer hours on Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Good News! The KING TUT exhibit has been extended by one week to take advantage of the Memorial Day Weekend. The exhibit will now be on display through Monday, May 27 and the Museum store will offer a special clearance sale with 25 percent off all Egyptian-themed gifts during the entire week of May 23 - May 27, 2012.

Check out Washoe Golf's New Family Executive Course: a beginner-friendly short course that greatly increases the fun of family play has been incorporated into the existing front nine at Washoe Golf Course. For more information, call (775) 828-6640 or visit www.washoegolf.org

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Melio Gaspari Water Play Park to open in time for the
Memorial Day weekend  

Washoe County’s Melio Gaspari Water Play Park in Lazy 5 Regional Park will be open in time to enjoy during this year’s Memorial Day Weekend. The popular Water Play Park will be open weekends only for the three-day Memorial Day weekend and the first week of June. The park will begin regular summer hours on Saturday, June 9, 2012.   

Regular summer hours for 2012 are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. These hours are scheduled to be in effect through August 26, 2012. Daily admission is $3 per person with free admission for anyone under the age of three or over 61.

May Museum’s KING TUT exhibit extended through the Memorial Day weekend  

The Wilbur D. May Museum’s King Tut exhibit has been extended by a week and will now be open to the public throughout the Memorial Day Weekend, including Monday, May 28, 2012. The museum store will offer a special sale with 25 percent off all King Tut souvenirs during the final week.

Exhibit hours for the final week will be 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, May 23 – 26; 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 27, and 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 28, 2012.

KING TUT: "Wonderful Things" from the
Pharaoh's Tomb

On display from January 26 through May 28 at the Wilbur D. May Museum
Click here for the exhibit flyer

May Arboretum Society invites you to their first ever
Party in the Garden

The May Arboretum Society invites local garden lovers to join them for an enjoyable and informative evening in the May Arboretum. The Society’s first annual “Party in the Garden” Arboretum Fundraiser will be held on Friday evening, June 1, in the Wilbur D. May Arboretum.   

The highlight of the evening is a seminar on high desert gardening presented by nationally known garden designers, consultants and authors Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. Participants will also have the first chance to make purchases from the large variety of native and ornamental plants, vegetables, and trees that will be featured during the Annual May Arboretum Plant Sale scheduled for the following morning.

Admission is $50 per person or $75 for Garden Party admission plus a copy of the book Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens by Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. For more information, and to make reservations, call (775) 785-4153.

And don't miss this year's May Arboretum Plant Sale on Saturday, June 2. The sale opens at 8:00 a.m. and we highly recommend you come early for best selecton.  

Welcome to Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space. Our mission is to provide exceptional parks, open space, and recreational opportunities while preserving our natural, historical and cultural resources. For details about our parks and reservable facilities, please use one of the PDF links below. 

 

Washoe County Parks Guide


Washoe County Park Reservable Facilities Guide
Important notice: Regional Parks and Open Space Reservation Office hours are now
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
The office is closed on Fridays
 


Truckee Meadows Trail Guide (pdf)

Regional Open Space and Natural Resource Management Plan

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