Tule Springs Parks & Outdoor Activities: Your Complete Guide

Three Parks Named Tule Springs: Quick Comparison

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs

Floyd Lamb Park is the green one. The City of Las Vegas describes it as a 680-acre park with wildlife, lush vegetation, lakes and views of the Sheep and Spring Mountain ranges. According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the area was a private guest ranch beginning in the 1930s before it became a public park, and its ponds sit on the site of a historic spring and marsh used by Native Americans for thousands of years.

Ponds and fishing

The park has four ponds: Tule Springs Lake, Cottonwood, Mulberry and Desert Willow. Per NDOW, only the largest, uppermost pond is regularly stocked, with rainbow trout and channel catfish in season. Bluegill, sunfish, crappie and largemouth bass are also present. The city requires a Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing license, and catch rules are posted at the park, so read the signs. See the NDOW Floyd Lamb Park pond page for the current fishing report.

The peacocks

Floyd Lamb Park is famous for its free-roaming peafowl, which roost in the trees and gather in groups during the day. The city asks visitors not to feed or pet any wildlife. The birds are used to people but aren't pets.

Historic Tule Springs Ranch

A cluster of historic ranch buildings sits inside the park. The city's study guide highlights the Ranch House (the former Foreman's House, now used as a visitor center), an adobe hut it calls the park's oldest building, a power building and a water tower. Walking the ranch area is a quick way to picture early Las Vegas ranch life.

Trails, biking and other amenities

• Walking and jogging paths around the ponds and through the shaded areas
• Horse trails
• Mountain bike trails, which the city says total 4.2 miles across easy, intermediate and expert routes, plus a 14,000-square-foot pump track for BMX and bikes
• Reservable picnic areas, BBQ grills, a volleyball court and restrooms
• The Las Vegas State Tree Nursery, run by the Nevada Division of Forestry inside the park

Hours and fees (as of October 2026)

• Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from April through September, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from October through March, per the city.
• Entry: $6 per vehicle, card only at the gatehouse. Cash can be paid at a city community center for a receipt.
• Annual passes: the city sells a Household Yearly Pass and a lower-priced Senior Household Yearly Pass (ages 50+).

Confirm current details on the City of Las Vegas Floyd Lamb Park page before you go.

The park has four ponds: Tule Springs Lake, Cottonwood, Mulberry and Desert Willow.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Just north of Floyd Lamb Park, the open desert is part of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. The National Park Service says it was established on December 19, 2014, as the 405th unit of the park system, and covers about 22,650 acres north of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. It protects the fossil-rich sediments of an Ice Age wetland.

What lived here

According to the NPS, the fossils come from sediments about 100,000 to 12,500 years old. Extinct animals in the Tule Springs record include the Columbian mammoth, ancient camels, horses and bison, giant ground sloths, the saber-toothed cat, the dire wolf and the American lion. Fossils are protected by federal law. If you spot one, leave it in place, take a photo and tell park staff.

Trails (per the NPS)

• Durango Loop Trail: starts at the Durango/Moccasin kiosk. It's easy to moderate, with a 1.7-mile short loop or a 2.25-mile long loop through Ice Age badlands, views of the Las Vegas and Sheep ranges and the Spring Mountains, and a self-guided tour.
• Aliante Loop Trail: starts at the Aliante Parkway kiosk. It's an easy 2.5-mile lollipop loop through Mojave Desert scrub, with spring wildflowers and a self-guided audio tour, "The Park is My Lab," in the free NPS app.

Hikers, joggers, leashed dogs (six-foot leash maximum), bicyclists and horses are allowed on designated trails. Bikes yield to hikers and horses, and hikers yield to horses. See the NPS trails page for maps and current alerts. Parts of the monument sometimes close temporarily.

Plan for no services

The NPS notes there's no visitor center, shade, water refill or restrooms at the monument yet. Bring more water than you think you need, avoid summer midday hikes, and tell someone your plan.

What's coming: the Tufa Trail

The City of North Las Vegas, D.R. Horton and the Protectors of Tule Springs, working with the NPS, started building the Tufa Trail, which the city describes as the first permanent, accessible trail in the monument. It's planned at more than 3 miles of crushed granite with bilingual signs. The city expects it to open in 2027.

If you spot one, leave it in place, take a photo and tell park staff.

Ice Age Fossils State Park

For fossils you can actually see, head to Ice Age Fossils State Park on North Decatur Boulevard in North Las Vegas. Nevada State Parks describes a 315-acre park along the upper Las Vegas Wash, the site of the famous 1962-63 "Big Dig" research expedition. The visitor center has natural history exhibits, restrooms, water and a gift shop. The NPS notes that many fossils from the monument are on display there.

• Megafauna Trail: 0.3 miles, with life-size sculptures of Ice Age animals
• Las Vegas Wash Trail: 1.5 miles, starting at the Monumental Mammoth
• Big Dig Trail: 1.2 miles through trenches dug by the 1960s expedition

As of October 2026, the state lists hours of Wednesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a $3 day-use fee (children 12 and under free). It's a Nevada State Park, so national park passes aren't accepted. Details are on the Nevada State Parks page.

Tips for Visiting the Tule Springs Parks

• Go early in summer. Heat builds fast on the open desert trails, and the monument has no shade.
• Pair them up. Do a morning hike on the Durango Loop, then picnic at Floyd Lamb Park, or start at the state park visitor center to learn what you'll be walking through.
• Bring a card. Floyd Lamb Park's gate is cashless.
• Leave fossils and rocks where they are. Collecting is prohibited in the monument and the state park.
• Keep your distance from wildlife, including the peacocks.

Living Near Tule Springs

Neighborhoods around these parks give you something rare in Las Vegas: protected open space next door. On the Las Vegas side, established subdivisions in 89131 surround Floyd Lamb Park. Across the line in North Las Vegas, the Villages at Tule Springs master plan continues to add new phases next to the monument. Centennial Hills, with its 120-acre city park, YMCA and library, is a few minutes south.

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Neighborhoods around these parks give you something rare in Las Vegas: protected open space next door.

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