Aliante promotes play, learning

Southern Nevada enjoyed a spell of Indian summer over the past two weeks and lots of residents and visitors enjoyed the outdoor recreational opportunities available at the Aliante master-planned community in North Las Vegas.

A focal point of Aliante is the 20-acre Nature Discovery Park, which offers a lake featuring waterfalls, walking paths, bridges and park benches. Adjacent to the lake is an area designed to educate children on paleontology and dinosaurs in an active play environment. The area offers a "dino dig," dinosaur "egg hatching" area, and a "mud bank wall" with a portion of a 30-by-35-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Nature Discovery Park also features three full-size soccer fields, a picnic ramada and amphitheater, lighted tennis courts, volleyball stadium, horseshoe pits and bocci ball courts.

Two area residents who are regulars at Nature Discovery Park are Ernest Avila and his 2-year-old grandson Alex Cardenas. Recently, the two were seen practicing T-ball at the park.

"We love this park and we come here as often as possible," Avila said. "It's the nicest facility of its kind in the northwest and it offers plenty for people of all ages, including the adjacent library. It's a very pleasant spot to gather, stroll along the lake, feed the ducks or just relax and take in the views."

Aliante also offers two other city parks. The 10-acre Deer Springs Park, at the southeast corner of Deer Springs Way and Aviary Way, is adjacent to Goynes Elementary School.

On the north side of the community, on Aviary Way, just north of Interstate 215, the Las Vegas Beltway, is the 15-acre Aviary Park.

Information regarding Aliante's new homes and neighborhoods can be obtained at the Aliante Information Gallery. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Information can also be obtained at AlianteHomes.com or by calling 866-787-2951.