Oxbow Nature Study Area — Attraction in Reno

My wife and I saw four mule deer resting next to the trail during our hike; they were spooked by us so stood up and stared at us -- two adults and a pair of twins. Also, there were six large ducks napping on the park side of the Truckee River. And we saw several butterflies, mostly white ones but several multicolored ones. It was a beautiful, sunny day with light breezes -- great day for us to be hiking there. We hike in this park at least twice a year. Looking forward to seeing all those Aspen change color this Fall. Super family hiking and photography park, but don't bring your dog; they're prohibited and may...

This is a great nature area. Our 4th grade class raised trout and the folks at Oxbow helped us release them. Every child had a fish in a large vial to release. We went to the educational area and an excellent volunteer presented a program about the wildlife in our area. It was interactive so the kids loved it. I leaned something. We then went to two different areas, one to release the trout and also to observe small life in the river then proceeded to play a game where our class learned about the importance of plants in relation to larger animals and apex animals. Handicapped accessible. The trails are...

The park is beautiful. But as I was walking up to go in an old man with his off leash dog decided to block my entrance without telling me why. He proceeded to say don’t go in there it’s dark. And got in my face. Very rude. After questioning why he was blocking me(assuming he was a local homeless man) he told me he worked there and the park is closed after dark. I said okay and thanked him for letting me know and he proceeded to get in my face again as I was turning around. I was nothing but nice but this gentlemen needs to be talked to by...