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City of Reno Idlewild Park Trees Self-Guided Walking Tours of Reno’s Arboretum IDLEWILD PARK The 49 acres for the City of Reno’s Idlewild Park were transcontinental Lincoln Highway in 1927. Work on the purchased from James Newlands, the nephew of grounds began in the spring of 1925 and finished that former U.S. Senator Francis Newlands, around 1920. October. The exposition ran from June 25-August 1, In 1907, James had acted for his uncle in the purchase 1927. of this land, that had been the Bennett, Murray, and Ferris ranches. The State of California constructed the California Building to house displays from many of the state’s The park was given its name by a vote of the citizens departments and counties for the exposition, and the of Reno through a newspaper contest. The name was California Legislature passed a resolution dedicating inspired by the new aerodrome in New York City, which the California Building to WWI veterans. When the is now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport. exposition was over, California gave the building to the San Francisco landscape engineer Donald McLaren American Legion, which held meetings in the building for designed the grounds for the park in preparation for an many years. In 1983, the American Legion gifted it to the exposition to celebrate the completion of the City of Reno, and it remains in use now. 2 Reno.Gov/FireReno.Gov/ParksandRec 334-INFO 334-INFO (4636) 2015-2016 Fire Department Community Report 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Idlewild Park Information 14 Walk E Idlewild’s overall features, drives and walks. 37 trees: Between the upper pond and Truckee River. 6 Walk A 16 Walk F 22+ trees: Around baseball field and along Latimore Dr. 56 trees: From the parking lot between the upper and lower pond, around parking loop, Mastroianni Dr. and 8 Walk B loop between Mastroianni Dr. and Crooked Mile Path. 63 trees: From James D. Hoff Peace Officers Memorial, Spoon Drive, Latimore Dr., Cowan Dr. and 18 Walk G near the Rose Garden. 38 trees: From Mastroianni Dr., Crooked Mile Path, Idlewild Dr. and between Mastroianni Dr. and 10 Walk C Truckee River. 36 trees: From James D. Hoff Peace Officers Memorial, Cowan Dr., Idlewild Dr., and loop to 20 Walk H Mastroianni Dr. 20 trees: Between Mastroianni Dr., Cowan Dr., upper pond and Reno Arch Lion’s Den. 12 Walk D 49 trees: From James D. Hoff Peace Officers 22 Botanical Information Memorial, Cowan Dr., along the Crooked Mile Path Common name, scientific name, flower color, growth and loop around the Reno Arch Lion’s Den. rate, general leaf shape, mature size, native area, water needs and tree walk/number. Reno.Gov/Fire 334-INFO 2015-2016Idlewild Fire Park Department Self-Guided Community Walking Report Tours 3 2 View across the3 lower pond IDLEWILD PARK INFORMATION Truckee River KEY Buildings D Gazebos Playgrounds 3 9 Bathrooms 10 Fitness Area Walk # 4 E Cowan Dr. Upper Truckee River pond 6 Latimore Dr. 5 B H Truckee River F 7 A Mastroianni Dr. Mastroianni Dr. 11 Cowan Dr. Spoon Dr. Lower pond 1 8 11 2 G C Latimore Dr. Latimore Idlewild Dr. Idlewild Dr. Idlewild Dr. 1 Maintenance Office for Parks and 6 Wa-Pai-Shone Idlewild Park’s drives Forestry Staff Sculpted in June 1986 by Peter Wolf Toth, it pays were named for: Closed to the public and used for the City of tribute to the tribes of the Washoe, Paiute, and Reno park maintenance. Shoshone Indians. This statue is titled “The 53rd Cowan Drive - Charles Cowan was a Whispering Giant.” Reno City Council Member Skate Park 2 James D. Hoff Peace Officers Latimore Drive: Joe Latimore was a This skate park is open to the public for 7 Reno City Manager skateboarding, BMX, scooter, wheelchair and Memorial inline skating. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Mastroianni Drive: Joe Mastroianni peace officers in Nevada killed in the line of duty. was an early building inspector 3 Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation in the years after WWI, when the An independent 501(c)(3) non-profit which city’s building department was in its offers park-based educational and recreational 8 Idlewild Pool formative years. programs designed to increase community-wide The outdoor Idlewild Pool is open to the public awareness, appreciation, and stewardship of our and has 8 lanes and two 1-meter boards with a Spoon Drive: Ed Spoon was a Reno parks. tot pool. City Council Member in the mid- 1960s and again in the late 1970s. 4 California Building 9 Reno Arch Lion’s Den The street was also named in his Built in 1927 using Spanish-Revival style This colorful playground is open to the public and honor because he played softball in architecture reminiscent of the early California is sponsored by the Reno Arch Lions Club. the old city league, on the diamonds missions. This popular facility hosts numerous on Spoon Dr. cultural and special events, weddings, meetings, 10 Children’s Train and group gatherings throughout the year. The train ride is a fun spring and summer activity enjoyed by kids and families! The train goes 5 Rose Garden around the upper pond. This one-acre Rose Garden has more than 2,250 colorful roses with 200 varieties. The blooming 11 Reservable Picnic Area season is early June until September. These areas can be reserved by the public for private parties, company picnics, graduation parties or other social gatherings. For reservations: (775) 334-3888. 4 Reno.Gov/FireReno.Gov/ParksandRec 334-INFO 334-INFO (4636) 2015-2016 Fire Department Community Report 5 Reno.Gov/Fire 334-INFO 2015-2016Idlewild Fire Park Department Self-Guided Community Walking Report Tours 5 4 Sidewalk near5 Walk D2 TREE WALKA KEY 18 Bathrooms 17 # Trees 16 Crooked Mile Path Fences 15 Picnic tables 14 Walk A Truckee River 13 12 11 Latimore Dr. 7 10 3 19 4 9 2 20 6 8 Start 1 7 5 Here 22 21 Spoon Dr. Maintenance Area 1 2 3 4 TREE DESCRIPTIONS GLS General leaf shape (shown on the right) PL Approximate year planted * Unusual tree for this area 5 6 7 8 P Plaque with tree’s and sponsor’s names S Plaque with only sponsors’ or honorees’ names • “State Champion,” “Co-State Champion” or “Up- and-coming Tree” refers to trees in the Nevada Big 9 10 11 12 Tree Registry. • Descriptions of all the trees mentioned in this book are found in the back. The list is in alphabetical order. Note: These are general leaf shapes, not the exact shape for that tree 6 Reno.Gov/FireReno.Gov/ParksandRec 334-INFO 334-INFO (4636) 2015-2016 Fire Department Community Report 7 Riverside path near A19 1 English Walnut* 13 Northern Red Oak GLS: 6 | PL: 1997 | S GLS: 3 | PL: 1995 | S 2 Blue Ash* 14 Ponderosa Pine GLS: 6 | P GLS: 11 | PL: 1950s Nevada “Up-and-coming Tree” 15 Chinkapin Oak 3 Chinkapin Oak GLS: 3 | PL: 1995 GLS: 3 | S Cross the street and head towards the 4 Siberian Elm Crooked Mile path for trees 16-18. | GLS: 5 PL: 1940s 16 Fruitless White Mulberry (4) 5 Chinkapin Oak GLS: 3 | PL: 1960s | P GLS: 3 17 Rose of Sharon Nevada “Up-and-coming Tree” GLS: 1 | PL: 1980 6 Common Hackberry 18 Smoketree GLS: 2 GLS: 2 | PL: 1960s 7 American Elm Walk toward the Crooked Mile path to GLS: 5 | PL: 1940 the maintenance area fence. There are a number of these between here and the end of the ball field fence. 19 Mountain Alder, Black Cottonwood, Siberian Elm, Wild 8 Sierra (Western) Juniper* Plum and Willow GLS: 12 Growing wild along the riverbanks. Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) 9 20 Amur Maple GLS: 6 | PL: mid-1960s GLS: 1 | PL: 1970 | S 10 Ponderosa Pine Nevada “State Champion” GLS: 11 | PL: 1950s 21 Pecan* 11 Bur Oak GLS: 6 | PL: 2001 GLS: 3 | S 22 Incense Cedar 12 Ponderosa Pine GLS: 12 The Crooked Mile GLS: 11 | PL: 1950s 6 Reno.Gov/Fire 334-INFO 2015-2016Idlewild Fire Park Department Self-Guided Community Walking Report Tours 7 7 TREE WALKB Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation KEY Buildings Gazebos Cowan Dr. Playgrounds 38 40 43 45 62 38 39 63 54 Bathrooms 44 60 55 38 42 56 53 46 61 58 # Trees 47 59 57 52 California 41 48 Building Start Wa-Pai-Shone 34 37 49 51 Here 50 Fences 36 59 Picnic tables Rose 33 35 Walk B Garden 32 James D. Hoff Peace Officers 31 Memorial 1 30 29 2 28 19 27 26 20 Idlewild 18 3 21 17 Pool 16 22 15 14 4 23 13 11 Latimore Dr. 12 4 10 24 5 6 8 25 7 9 Spoon Dr. 1 2 3 4 TREE DESCRIPTIONS GLS General leaf shape (shown on the right) PL Approximate year planted * Unusual tree for this area 5 6 7 8 P Plaque with tree’s and sponsor’s names S Plaque with only sponsors’ or honorees’ names • “State Champion,” “Co-State Champion” or “Up- and-coming Tree” refers to trees in the Nevada Big 9 10 11 12 Tree Registry. • Descriptions of all the trees mentioned in this book are found in the back. The list is in alphabetical order. Note: These are general leaf shapes, not the exact shape for that tree 8 Reno.Gov/FireReno.Gov/ParksandRec 334-INFO 334-INFO (4636) 2015-2016 Fire Department Community Report 9 Start at the Peace Officers Memorial Walk along the baseball fence until 45 Chinkapin Oak parking lot and head toward Idlewild Pool.