Photo: Ron Mader, 2022 Bark (some rights reserved)
Henderson, Nevada – Among our favorite city parks: Cornerstone, 1600 Wigwam Parkway (in between Arroyo Grande and Stephanie). The park was a former quarry. Today that land has been converted into ample green spaces, trails, marshes and small lake (big pond). Please don’t feed the birds!
Google Map
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Key Links
cityofhenderson.com
parks-and-recreation
Cornerstone Park Phase II Master Plan
Background
History: The park opened October 6, 2012.
Funded with a $16.4 million grant from the federal Bureau of Land Management
Birds: American avocets, great egret, black-necked stilt, long-billed curlew, ring-billed gull.
Resident species — pied-billed grebe, double-crested cormorant, Canada geese, snow geese, mallard, American coot, great blue heron, green heron, killdeer, Anna’s humming bird, Costa’s hummingbird, black phoebe, Say’s phoebe, cliff swallow, yellow-headed blackbird, and great-tailed grackle.
Bark in the Park
The parks hosts the annual Bark in the Park celebration the first or second Saturday in March.
Headlines
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/henderson-gravel-pit-be-redeveloped-park
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/20/hendersons-cornerstone-park-set-open-oct-6
http://www.edge-industries.com/Cornerstone_Park.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/21/henderson-early-phases-building-100-acre-park
http://apcoconstruction.com/project/cornerstone-park
https://mapofplay.kaboom.org/playspaces/139680
https://www.yelp.com/biz/cornerstone-park-henderson
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g45953-d7855442-Reviews-Cornerstone_Park-Henderson_Nevada.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cornerstone-Park/327082544023040
Photos
Flickr
Features
Planeta.com