Heritage Park

This is right next to cashman center and my favorite in the area solely based on the fact it's fully gated and fenced and at 8am of a freezing temperatures morning I was able to let my puppy run around free without having to worry. Playground grass bathrooms everything you need and no nastiness or inconveniences, we had a good time.

We were waiting for Bunkers and the service for my husband and my kids got antsy and wanted to go be little kids and let their imagination run away. We went across the bridge to Heritage Park and the bridge across the LV road was gross but the park was awesome. It was around 9- 10 am that they played and we were the only ones there aside from an ambulance in the parking lot. The park was clean and there was not any trash on the ground so that was incredible. We took our service dog with us and she even got a chance to run and explore a little.

WE NEED A HERITAGE FOR ALLHeritage Park is a small pocket of greenery between the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort and The Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Visiting these two museums in one day (except Sunday and Monday when the Fort is closed) is an afternoon of learning and adventure. What better way to take a break between the two than a picnic or just a breather in a small pocket park in a cultural corridor that overlooks Cashman Center. Or maybe just sit back to go on the smartphone to learn more about all the facts that the Museum taught you. When I walked out of the Fort I was walking to Heritage Park to relax and absorb all the facts that the Museum taught me. However, there was this itsy bitsy problem. I would be breaking the law. I had seen Heritage Park by car a couple of times when I was on the hunt for parking. It is very tiny. The parking lot itself is bigger than the Park itself. The Park is a small green field with picnic tables and a playground overlooking the backs of Cashman Center and the Las Vegas Museum of Natural History. When somebody wants a breather from the Museum a small green yard with benches is a nice spot to relax. Anyway as I am making my way to Heritage Park, I read the large brown sign. It said, "This has been designated as a children's park by the City of Las Vegas. all adults must be accommodated by child 12 years of age or younger." With all the city parks in Las Vegas, does the one between two important museums need to be off limit to adults that are not with children? I saw through it. Skid Row is as close to the park as home plate on the adjacent Minor League field. Obviously the homeless enjoy it as much as people visiting the museums. So the solution is to close it off to adults not accompanied by a child. That is :-( Whether or not Heritage Park is open to everybody it is a tiny three star park. The City does a fantastic job of teaching people through the museums about dinosaurs, the first building in Las Vegas, and King Tut's tomb. Contradictory it does a poor job of promoting a public space for all in a green space between the two museums. Security would be a wise investment. Both the Old Las Vegas Fort and the Museum of Natural History showcase artifacts and exhibits that are priceless. I expect nothing less than security patrolling the two museums with Heritage Park. Excluding adults without children from a park in a cultural corridor is not the heritage I won't. I want a heritage with safe public spaces for all.

There was a small playground area for the kids and several covered picnic areas, I believe about 3. There was also a restroom too. It's a very small park but a lot of grassy areas. No volley ball, tennis or baseball fields.

Good spot to wear out your kids after the adjacent Natural History Museum. There's a covered area with a playground structure, and there are public bathrooms. Other than that, it's a very small park wedged between the museum and Cashman stadium- not much going for it. You could picnic here, but that's about all there's room for. I'm glad to see that downtown has some green spaces, but I'd definitely exercise extreme caution when using the public bathrooms here. As a bonus, they have covered parking available in the museum lot.

Good Park, nothing spectacular. But it's fun for the kids after the Natural History museum