Aliante Nature Discovery Park

I went here a few weeks ago after a very long time of when i was a regular here, i used to take my son all the time when he was 3 – 4 years old and he had a great time on the swings watching the ducks and turtles swimming in the water…
My son now is 10, i was disappointed in the condition of the park. This place needs some help, swings are missing, the rot iron needs a new paint job, the rubber padding on the ground around the play area needs some new areas, and i don’t remember the water being that color of bluish green before?
With all the unsightly things that need of a freshening up the kids are still having fun and as long as their happy and having fun its all that matters. We did see ducks, geese, turtles and koi.

When we first moved to Vegas, we pretty much went to every single park in the Northwest to find a good spot for our dogs to walk and play. This park looks nice, but it ends there. The lake is not kept up so it stinks. There are lots of waterfowl (ducks and geese) so their poop smells. We came once and that was two years ago. We tried it again last weekend. We could not even stand the smell for more than 5 seconds once outside our car. It’s gotten much worse! Now it smells like diarrhea and perm solution, which caused people to barf, then the barf started rotting in the sun. That’s what it smells like now. No thanks!

I love this place. Plenty of a adventure and fun but be careful because all of the gates around the playground and splash pad have locks. So keep a careful eye.

This park is great for kids and adults. It has a large playground for big and small kids, a sand pit, splash pad, large grass fields, and walking trails around small lakes. There is ample parking and ducks and geese to look at. Only downside is somebody spray painted a lot of it recently.

So disappointing that the City and County or whoever is in charge of this park STILL has a difficult time maintaining it…
Yes, it’s a cool place to hang out and kick it with the family, but it is a huge turn off when it smells like A$$
as soon as you get out of the car. It’s a combination of things–
a) trash cans are overflowing with garbage and poop from responsible dog owners and there really isn’t anyone visibly replenishing garbage bags in a timely manner
b) irresponsible dog owners and the waterfowl leave poop all over the park grounds causing one to swerve left and right when approaching the land mines
c) the water area is in dire need of a clean up. Still lots of debris and the stench of the stagnant water just makes it that much worse
Also, feeding the wildlife here seems cool and all, but it destroys the wildlifes’ ability to fend for themselves and become accustomed to human handouts which also affects their migratory process over the years. I’ve seen five different families doing this, and the wildlife just gets very aggressive towards each other which is also a bad sign. Keep all your human food at home and just don’t feed the animals!!!
Speaking of signs, TEENY TINY signs saying «do not feed the birds» posted around the playground fence (???) as well as that tall sign posted up front that people walk right past by is very ineffective… people never notice it and keep feeding the wildlife. Bigger signs need to be posted all along the waterfront and information on the effects of feeding the wildlife should also be visible so that just maybe, a responsible adult may think twice, just like that big visible sign saying «do not jump in the water». No one’s broken that rule… yet. ALOHA!!!
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We were looking for a place to walk our dog, relax and show our son some animals. This place was the ticket. It was small but quiet. The waterfall is beautiful and the sounds of the water is so relaxing, drowning out the traffic. I found it peaceful. There were turtles, geese, ducks, etc and it was fun to watch them. My son loved it. They have lots of parking, restrooms and a gated playground. Be careful for the geese droppings but otherwise we really enjoyed this little oasis in the middle of the desert and suburbs.

It needs to be cleaned!

Another one of my Favorite Parks, This Park for me is Specifically for Relaxation, and Watching the Geese, Ducks, and the Waterfall!
Just a word of warning… if you don’t like Geese Poop on your shoes, don’t come here! lol
I’m just kidding… This is really a pretty park. The geese don’t bother you, they will squawk, but they don’t bite! This would be a good park to take your little ones. They’d love the playground!
*There is a Sign that says Do Not Feed the Geese, but people don’t seem to pay attention to that!
Anywho, if my review doesn’t make you want to trek down here, maybe my Pictures will… =)

Very cool playground for and age kid. The dinosaur set up is absolutely amazing. You can dig in the sand to find fossils and run thru Trex ribs. Only downfall is the poop from the ducks and geese is everywhere outside the play area which makes me question how clean the play ground really is.

Kids park area is run down. Needs new everything. Dirty and a little sketchy area, wouldn’t stay after dark. The geese poop over everything.

Tonight was our first night coming here, my kids really enjoyed their selves. The slides are huge it looks like they kind of made a tree house type of slide. The splash pad is very refreshing and cool and there is even a sand box where you can dig out the Dino’s bone. The park also include a sand pit volleyball section and a basketball court on one side of the park and the other side includes the playground, a lot of green grass, and the duck pond. Oh yeah there is also a smaller playground if you don’t want your kids to play on the bigger slides. The playground is also fenced, so it’s easier to keep an eye out on your kids. There is two things I don’t like about the park which is that there is only one big kid swing and that the ducks are free to walk over to the tables where you are eating, but other than that it’s a beautiful great park with a nice waterfall. There is a lot of sitting areas for parents as well.

Great place to go with the family. Just watch out for the duck poop! It’s everywhere!

This park is in a great location and has awesome play area. HOWEVER they do not maintain it in the manner in which I think is proper to have a clean fun place to hang out. Its also OVERRUN with pigeons and frankly on my last visit I was under the canopy and got POOPED on. YES folks landed right on me and in my purse so I can’t give this place a five star review because I am covered in bird poop inside and outside a long the pond. It just needs some more LOVE. However my kids enjoy it. The water area is not the best but its also got the best slide area and a sand pit. which is another reason I dont dig it cause I am not a fan of my kids getting WET and afterwards covered in sand but you can dig for dino bones so thats cool right?

This would be a great place if it were better kept. While the ducks and geese are a sight for the kids the droppings are unavoidable… There are no shortage of children in the play yard! My grandson wants to come here daily. The water play area is his favorite. I’m able to watch closely from the tables under the canopy. Overall a great park just needs a little more maintenance than its getting.

Dirty, nasty and smelly. I wouldn’t recommend this park at all. My kids were extremely disappointed and we left after 30 minutes. I was surprised by all the garbage all over the place. People are so disgusting and treat this park as if it is a big garbage can. The smell of dog urine is overpowering that it gave me a headache. We will never go back here!

Came to the park for some free play time and there’s bday parties and ducks and turtles to see. Great place to play a friendly game of football.

The playground… It’s a bit run down. Caution tape around the broken equipment have been played with or torn off (maybe just messed up from windy days). Needs a little sprucing up. The spray ground is probably the highlight of the playground area. But my daughter still had a good time running around and making friends.

Aliante Nature Discovery Park is a place where people discover the innocent side of human nature. It is a small park where people momentarily escape from the wear and tear of life. People visit this park to spend time in reflection or with dear friends and family enjoying the company of ducks and geese under the Las Vegas sun.
The duck crossing sign is over and above a «watch out for ducks» warning. It is also a sign that people are entering a stress-​free zone. This is a stress-​free zone that is an oasis of serenity along the 215 corridor. This park borders Aliante Parkway from Nature Park Drive at the north to the North Las Vegas Public Library off Deer Springs Drive to the south. The park is a traffic signal south of the 215 and three traffic signals south of The Aliante Hotel & Casino. When I sat in reflection on a bench along the shore of the duck pond it is hard to fathom that when I turned around that I saw a highway bordered by a Smith’s-anchored shopping center with an Arby’s and Starbuck’s. A state of relaxation could do this to me.
The first-​rate duck pond with the manmade waterfalls and pedestrian bridges framed by lush landscaping is a palace for the ducks and geese. I have been touched by a scene where a Mother Goose leads a duck dynasty along the scenic walkway in the park. It is the quintessential scene from a stress-​free zone. Benches and an enclosed state-​of-​the-​art playground overlook the duck pond. The benches are picturesque locations to sit back and sip a Starbuck’s coffee or Seven Eleven Big Gulp (across the street) and watch the ducks and geese. Further south into the small park, the grassy hill is a nice place for a picnic. Aliante Nature Discovery Park is likewise a stress-​free zone for birdwatching. I have yet to be disappointed spotting a winged entertainer up in the branches that provide shade over the benches. The fact that graffiti is under control influences the effectiveness of a positive experience in the park.
In the Entertainment Capital of the World, ducks and geese are the headliners of the duck ponds throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Ducks and geese are humorous. They truly quack me up. And this the reasoning that I will drive from Henderson across the Las Vegas grid to a spot such as Desert Shores or Aliante Nature Discovery Park in conjunction with a restaurant. And with this reasoning it is no discovery that it is in my nature to spread the word about Aliante Nature Discovery Park by shouting out «four stars. I am a fan :-) »

My little one asks me to come to this park daily. She calls it the dinosaur playground… she is actually bugging me about going to the dinosaur playground now which prompt me to write a quick review. The place is cute, clean, nice tall slides and a sand pit so kids can let out their inner archeologist and find the hidden dinosaur bones.
If you don’t have a little nugget and want to just enjoy the big grassy fields, pond and waterfalls just be careful and mindful birds poop wherever they please outside of the playground area. Lol, I see many of people yelling how they stepped in something, those geese are big and so is their… you can connect the dots I hope.

Took my kids here to hang out on one fine 72 degree sunny Saturday in February. Going over the bridge, coming from Aliante Casino, you cant miss the nice view of the waterfall that is at the forefront of the park.
Too bad this and the playground were the only nice things I can vouch for.
The playground is a nice fenced in little area that has a decent amount of playground equipment, swings, slides, tables, and benches. I like the soft material they use that the playground equipment is built on. There is also a sand lot area that has dinosaur bones as props. The day we went, the playground was packed. Kids were running into each other as they went down the slides. There were kids actually waiting to get on the swings!
After a while we decided to walk around to check out the rest of the park. We see ducks everywhere especially in the pond that has the nice waterfall going into it. Unfortunately, this is where the «nice stuff» ends. Everywhere on the paths we were walking on were green duck crap. Which brings the question, «Is there some kind of spray or force field they have on the playground?» Because there were no ducks or green duck crap anywhere in the playground. Im also curious as to how many people would actually spread out a blanket and have a picnic on the grass for the crap was all over that as well. Just doing this review im starting to get grossed out thinking about that day.
After carefully trying not to step on any crap going to the car, I made a mental note to make sure to mention all the green crap I saw in this review and to not hesitate in mentioning it to everybody I know that is either making plans on coming here or are just thinking about it. The only thing positive I can think of about that is to come here if you are on a diet. After seeing all the green crap, you probably wont be having much of an appetite and you definitely will get some exercise trying to avoid stepping on the stuff.
So, yeah, im not worried about coming back to this place any time soon in this lifetime. (You think?). Lol. Maybe as a duck.