Floyd Lamb Park — Attraction in Las Vegas

Floyd Lamb is fast becoming my go to morning walk spot since I have moved across the valley. I have been walking here now for a couple of months and I really enjoy the walk as I have been able to watch the seasons transform the trees from autumn, to the winter (and even made it out here in the snow) and now the trees and brush are starting to show signs of spring. Cannot wait to see what it looks like when everything is blooming.

Now it must be said the interior of the park is a fee area, and you do have to pay to get in. I opted to buy the yearly pass as it made sense with how often I do go. My husband and I qualified for the senior pass, one of the few true perks of getting older.

Anyways the park is beautiful. There are several areas within the park of interest. The historic rest area with the buildings and the placards which identify and explain. The peacocks that typically roam this area. Then the further in you drive there are 5 ponds and sidewalks that meander through leading to many picnic tables, benches and vignettes to simply admire the many different types of birds that live here, as well as the ones that migrate through depending on the season.

There is also fishing available in the ponds with a limit of 3 fish per day. 5 parking areas provide more than enough parking. I will add a caveat here as I have not been here in summer on a consistent basis as of this writing so I can not speak to how the parking situation would be then.

Plenty of bathrooms that seem to be well kept.

There are also 2 separate walking loops that I am slowly becoming more and more familiar with. The north loop and the south loop. The north loop is the less travelled of the 2 mostly because it isn't accessible easily from the housing areas that surround the park.

The south loop is definitely the more travelled of the 2 as it has access points within a couple of the surrounding neighborhood as well as a parking area of of Racel that provide easy access without the fee. You just have to walk over a mile to get into the pond area.

Both loops provide for a lot of wildlife viewing in the form of quail, rabbits ground squirrels and according to the signs burrowing owls that will be out sometime in March. You will also encounter the occasional coyote as the aforementioned animals are basically what they eat. You will also see the occasional hawk for the same reason. So tiny pets can be at risk.

I would definitely recommend coming and checking out the park. Pack a picnic and grab a couple of folding chairs and just enjoy a quiet day pond side watching the birds and enjoying some quiet time in nature or going on a long walk.

Park is beautiful overall of course I have to give 2 stars due to the Karen they have driving around on a golf cart who 1 should approach people properly and nicer if she would like to get "her point across" this poor lady jumps off her golf still moving almost fell pointing to our flat top yelling "you cant use this whose is this you cant use that" (mind you its not in use) I nicely say hello mam how are you waves her hands gets closer to the flat top gets louder its against the law my husband than tells her to lower her voice she looks like she gonna freak out or blow her whistle he than ask what's the problem mam she angerly again this grill is not allowed on property I then told her the front saw it in our truck and we asked she points and says your a liar I know your lying my husband tells me hes got it asks her for the rules she goes your lucky I dont make you turn your music off and get rid of your cans (they were soda) im assuming she thought beer but my husband goes oh music and beer isn't allowed either she goes no actually it isn't he goes well yoir going to have a good time telling everyone in the park he then asked for her badge she said "I dont need to show you anything" so he proceeded to tell her well call the Marshall stop harassing me and my family who ever this lady is should be ashamed of herself she has glasses hair to her shoulders curly/straight brown/blondish older id say 60s or 50s I think it would have been all different if the approach was different not the way to handle it.

This park has been exceptional for a couple of years, but the head of security here needs to step off his high horse. Given the amount of complaints, I'm surprised nobody has meaningfully addressed the gentleman with the veteran hat about his lack of professionalism. If they have, it isn't working. I risk sounding disrespectful to their background in the armed forces, but it's not an excuse to be escalatory or scathing to people enjoying nature.

I've seen and heard him hounding locals for going above 15 mph (the limit is 25) with a lot of 'charge' in his voice. Seen him scold a family who tossed some bread at the ducks (I understand it's not good for them), but instead of being smooth about it, he lectured them super condescendingly. You're talking to a mom and her kids, show more respect before you dress them down like that. Part of the mission of our parks is to educate people and give them room to appreciate conservation and nature. This is not accomplished by yelling or belittling.

Whoever is in charge of the park should assess the way they handle everyday people. They're a representative of the park, and part of that means they need to work and talk with people with respect, something they've failed to consistently do.

That aside, this is a lovely park, but it's all the more reason this bothers me so much.