O’Callaghan Park

This is a lovely park with lots of areas to walk around and smoke weed. Careful of the children though, they’ll quickly narc if you don’t give them any candy.

I love this nice nieghborhood park. Family friendly with a small playground for the kids. Tennis courts, baseball diamonds, walking path in the shade a mile long, and for Henderson that’s a BIG plus, large grassy areas to run around in.

Henderson promotes itself as «A place to call home.» And in my book there is no better place to call home than a picturesque park.
Living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, we are blessed with the gift of sunshine. In my book Vegas is Sun City not Sin City. I don’t take the gift of endless sunshine for granted. I go out of my way to spend time in the sunshine. From Indian Springs to Boulder City, I am up to spending time exploring different parks. Recently after a breakfast at the Friendly Donut House, I set out for O’ Callaghan Park.
When driving on Horizon Drive on a straight stretch of asphalt between US 95 and College Drive, it is easy to miss O’ Callaghan Park. There is no distinctive landmark, just a water tank at the corner of Skyline Drive. It’s a shame because this is an island of tranquility.
O’ Callaghan is a 20 acre park at the corner of Horizon and Skyline East of US 95. The park is large enough to have two parking lots and playgrounds. The park is cool enough to have a canopy of mature trees.
When I visited the park, I parked off the Horizon Drive parking lot. This is the westernmost border of the rectangular Park that reaches east to border the school yard of an elementary school. Backyards border the north side of the rectangle where Skyline Drive borders the south side of it. I entered the park through one of the two playgrounds that were relatively graffiti-​free. My first impression is that the park was bigger than it seemed. From a distance the adjacent green school yard appears to be a part of the park. The park was big enough. According to the Cardio Trainer app, the circular walking course is the length of a mile. It was a pretty mile alongside a well kept green lawn sparsely populated with mature trees on a slightly uphill climb toward the border of the elementary school. The walking course connected to recreation facilities including a basketball court, tennis courts, playgrounds, volleyball, and picnic tables. The walking course provided views of both Black and Frenchman Mountains. The park’s grand vista is the diminutive pedestrian bridge across a section of the green lawn.
O’ Callaghan Park is a nice Park to call home for a couple of hours. The City of Henderson does a fine job maintaining it. The mature trees compliment the Vegas sunshine. The minutes spent relaxing at O’ Callaghan Park are minutes that add to your life.

I grew up at this park. I love it! It has history and character. I’ve had birthday parties, school picnics, and my first dates all at this park! My favorite things about this park are the gigantic mature trees, the concrete path that meanders all the way around the park and the sand volleyball courts. But, there is a huge problem I have at this park: it does not feel safe at night. There are always hooligans hanging around and there is not enough light to see anything in the distance. I wish I could jog at night here, but I can’t because it’s just too darn dark!

Gorgeous park, big walking trail, clean tennis courts.
Plenty of people walk their dogs here, and there’s a smallish playground as well, in addition to a baseball diamond for little league games.
My BF is a member of a tennis league here and they play games and practices twice a week. The courts are well-​lit in the evenings with lights that run for an hour at a time, and there’s ample shade around the courts during the day as well as the bench between courts for spectator seating.

This is a nice large older park with a variety of activities for families. We have been here several times with large parties and it is a great location for gatherings. There is a large covered picnic area located next to a kids play area and not far from the bathrooms. The bathrooms have always been in decent condition whenever we have been. Like another reviewer said one of the best aspects of this park is the large amounts of grass and old shade trees. It doesn’t feel like you are in the desert! Although it is an older park it is well maintained for its age. There is a walking path through the park, tennis courts and at least two play areas.

There is definitely (at least) 1 thing that the City of Henderson is good at: Parks. I’ve commented MANY times at how many awesome parks there are around, and O’Callaghan Park is no exception.
There are picnic tables that always seem to be in use. A large kids play area, tennis courts, a walking path and LOTS of grass.
I’ve been hesitant to review the park because it is a little hidden gem on my side of town and I don’t really want anyone else to know about it! But trust me, if you are in the area or walking your dog, it’s a great stop! You definitely don’t feel like you are in the desert. Great job, Hendertucky!

This place is flat out incredible. So much grass and many big trees that provide shady areas. I love to take my dog for walks here because it doesn’t feel like we’re baking in the sun the entire time. It feels so much like back home out east. When you’re here, you would never know you’re in the desert. There’s a great walking path around the entire park and even when there a ton of people here it doesn’t feel crowded. What a wonderful place for an evening stroll! Thank you, Henderson, for another wonderful public park area.

This park is within walking distance from where I am staying. I usually go here to jog or play tennis. The park itself isn’t very big, but it is well maintained and has everything you’d need in a park: two lighted tennis courts, jogging path, play ground area for the kids, basketball and handball court, baseball court, and plenty of trees and greenery. It is generally pretty peaceful and people there are respectful. There is always some type of little league game going on so for a small park it lively, but not crazy. There are park benches and picnic areas. It is a great place to come for a leisurely stroll, a jog or to partake in one of the sports.

I do have to say that I have been going to this park for over seven years and just realized I have never reviewed it before. Last night afterwork I met my friend and her daughter at the Tennis Courts located at the park. We taught our girls to play tennis for the first time and we played the first time in over 20 years. There are four courts and they are kept very clean. In the middle of the courts there are covered benches for people to sit to watch or rest. Exhausted we walked over to the play structure and the kids used the swing set then played on the play structure. There were so many people out walking their dogs and children in strollers, football team practicing and people eating dinner. There is a walking path that is circular and goes around the green grass area. We have flown kites before, held our Girl Scout pinning event, been to a birthday party, played horse shoes and volleyball. I love all the mature trees which adds shade. What I don’t like is the bathrooms are really far away. It is located in an older area, but this park you can tell is well loved by those who frequent it.