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Wingfield Park, Reno, NV

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Sports & Outdoors

Wingfield Park

Riverside park on islands in the Truckee River at the western end of the Riverwalk, with an amphitheatre and a free engineered whitewater course.

Reno, NV

About Wingfield Park

Wingfield Park sits on islands in the Truckee River at the western end of the Riverwalk, and it is the downtown park most visitors use because it can be reached on foot from the casino core. It has an amphitheatre that hosts free summer programming. The river on either side is an engineered whitewater course of roughly half a mile across two channels, open to paddlers with kayaks, rafts or inner tubes. The river's flow depends on Sierra snowmelt and varies with the season and snowpack, so check current conditions before planning around it. The park was closed for more than a year during bridge replacement and fully reopened in June 2026.

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  • #whitewater
  • #amphitheatre
  • #free
  • #walkable from downtown

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