Judy's Hike No. 2: Cornerstone Park 1

We are already behind so I feel no need to push for big miles. I'm a bit off my feed, anyway. Not my feed, actually, but my fitness level. I am doing well in Aqua classes ("Aquafit", "Rapid Liquid Cardio") and surviving mind-body classes ("Healthy Back", "Mat Pilates"), but I'm not back to comfortable walking. Today's hike, then, was in Cornerstone Park, which is in my backyard.

Cornerstone Park is a relatively new park in Henderson, NV, that is not yet complete. It features a lake that was formerly a quarry, and a path around the lake, plus picnicking areas and grassy areas where various teams practice at times. The main path around is concrete, but there are offshoots that can be chosen instead at some points on the route. The offshoots are gravel or dirt. I tend to prefer these areas because I prefer dirt.

Today I started in the parking lot of my apartment complex and walked through a railroad tunnel and into the park, using one of the offshoot dirt paths, up to one of the informational signs ("mining" - but today it was part of a storywalk; read about storywalk at http://www.flls.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Storywalk-Kit-Resources.pdf. Apparently the library needed another frame for its current story).  I turned around and used the concrete path all the way back to the tunnel and home again.

You can see from the graph at the bottom ("pace") that I stopped frequently. I spun pokestops and caught pokemon, which slowed me down. I also watched the birds in the lake. Especially the Redhead Ducks. They are too darned cute.  The map above shows that I only went a small part of the way around the lake and then returned. The full distance around, using the concrete path and not including the path up to the lake, is about 1.2 miles. So my total mileage was almost the equivalent of one time around.

The dirt path I followed for part of the way

There are benches here and there.

The park is popular with families. Kids can ride scooters and bikes and runners meet there to clock miles. Wildlife like it, too. Best time for wildlife is early morning or late afternoon, when the sun casts a golden light over everything.  You can see more photographs of Cornerstone here.

Cornerstone Park, Henderson, NV. 1.12 miles, 22 feet elevation gain.