Puccini Park

The City of Henderson promotes itself as Play City. People visit adorable parks such as Puccini Park to play. Over the past weekend and earlier times in the past, I have visited Puccini Park to play. When I play, I hike and enjoy open spaces. Puccini Park is both a seven acre community park plus a jewel and trailhead along the Seven Hills Trail System. This review is separated into two sections. Section One discusses Puccini Park as a community Park then section two discusses it in relation to the contiguous Seven Hills Trail System.
Section 1. Community Park :
Puccini Park is a jewel in the Seven Hills master planned community where the perpendicular grid of the Las Vegas road system develops into the curving drives following the contours of the rolling hills. Laid out on four acres of rolling hills is Puccini Park. It is a horseshoe shaped park providing a sundry of recreation. The park is anchored by tennis and basketball courts. In between is an attractive playground, sand volleyball ball, and picnic tables. There are also restrooms. The landscaping is golf course green grass interspersed with trees and shrubs. The open green space merge with the Rio Seco Golf Club. From the east border of the park, there is a magnificent Vista of the beautiful golf course. Near the playground are shady picnic tables and benches. It was here where I took a breather from hiking on the Seven Hills Trail System. When I sat here, I’d share the open space with families and dog owners. This is likewise a dog friendly park. It is also a family friendly park. There was relatively zero vandalism or graffiti. Most of all, this park is hiker friendly. It was hiking that has led me into the park.
Section 2 Puccini Park is a hiking trailhead:
When you park at Puccini Park you have over an hour of hiking at your convenience. Puccini Park is interconnected to a hiking trail network that connects to the park lands of Seven Hills with the windy hiking trail acting as a linear Park. Health experts recommend walking briskly at least a half hour a day to be healthy. Considering that it took me an hour to walk from the parking lot along the trail to the Anthem border and back, Puccini Park is certainly a gateway to good health. I will describe the contiguous hiking trails in greater detail.
Immediately west of the tennis court, the concrete Puccini Park walkway heads toward a tunnel passing under Seven Hills Drive. This is one of five tunnels in the trail system. Immediately past the tunnel you could turn right or stay straight. If you turn right, you walk downhill toward Allegro Park at the southernmost point of the Seven Hills. Continuing straight is a gradual uphill climb weaving through the tapestry of the rolling hills. At Vivaldi Park, the trail branches. The trail to the right parallels the open spaces of Henderson Airport until it concludes at a playground. This is a nice spot to take in the airplanes at the airport and a panoramic view of the Las Vegas Strip. The trail to the left passes under another attractive Seven Hills Drive tunnel before climbing uphill between the landscaped buffers of backyards. There is a trail junction before Sonata Park. The trail overlaps the green spaces of the park before passing under Seven Hills Parkway one more time. The trail continues the uphill climb until it finally concludes at the borderline of the Anthem Masterplanned community. This is the perfect spot to take in a breather and take in the spectacular view of the Las Vegas Strip below. By this point you will have done the hard part of the hike which is walking up. The hike down will be the easy part.
Conclusion: The City of Henderson (and for that matter all cities in Southern Nevada), doesn’t have to promote itself as Play City USA. The parks speak for themselves in promoting a Play City U.S.A.

Great doggy area and picnic area — restrooms are clean and usable. This park is fairly dark at night with poor lighting so plan your events earlier in the day. Seven hills is a moderate traffic area, please keep an eye out for wandering children.

Nice starting point for walking up one of 7 Hills’ seven hils, and you’ll be rewarded with an expansive view of the Strip. The park has tennis courts and sand volleyball, and the dreaded basketball courts. Hate’em, they are way too noisy to be in the middle of a neighborhood. Leave them indoors only.