Floyd Lamb Park

 

I’ve been to Las Vegas so many times that instead of spending all my time gambling downtown or on The Strip, I venture away from the tourist areas whenever possible and check out what the locals enjoy.

On my last trip to Vegas, I drove past Summerlin to Floyd Lamb Park. I’d found a website when I did a search of things to do and see in Vegas, and decided to check it out. Here's a website to visit: (http://www.vegas.com/attractions/outside_lasvegas/floydlamb.html).

Let me tell you, Floyd Lamb Park is not someplace you’d want to visit unless you have a reason – a group picnic, or just a place to get away and do some reading or something. There’s nothing to see there, unless you want to wander around some old buildings at Tule Springs Ranch.

Be forewarned, there is a fee to enter the park – $6 per car.

Floyd Lamb Park is green. Lots of green grass and trees, and birds. Lots of ducks, especially. If I were looking for a nice place to just relax and read, this would have been an excellent site. However, it was too hot that day (105˚F in the shade), and I didn’t bring my iPad with me anyway.

So I did the next best thing: I walked around and took lots of pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

Located at 9200 Tule Springs Road, it’s fairly easy to get there, but it takes a while. Take US 95 north (if you’re on the Strip, take US 15 north to the 95), keep driving until you reach Durango Road (it’s a rather long drive), turn right on Durango, go a couple of miles, then turn right on Brent when Durango narrows. Brent segues into Tule Springs Road.

Once you near Durango on US 95, you’ll start seeing Floyd Lamb Park directional signs to aid you.