Sunset Park (Nevada)
Sunset Regional Park is located near Harry Reid International Airport in the southeast part of Las Vegas Valley. Located near the Tomiyasu neighborhood in Paradise, the park is bordered by Sunset Road on the north, Eastern Avenue on the west and Warm Springs Road on the south.
History
The land was first developed by John F. Miller, who acquired the property from the federal government in 1909. At the time, land was being given away for agricultural development. He drilled three wells and built the Miller Ranch. In 1939 the ranch was sold to J. Kell Houssels, veteran hotelier and casino operator. He sold the property to a group of investors in 1963. The county bought the land in 1967 and turned what was then called Houssels Ranch into the valley’s third county park. In 1968 the name was changed to Sunset Park.Sunset Park Pond
Sunset Park Pond is around in surface area and 10 to deep. It is home to various species of water fowl and fish.Sunset Park Pond features a giant stone Moai, of the type found in Easter Island, Chile, carved of stone originally for the Aku Aku Restaurant, where it stood at the restaurant's entrance at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. The moai was moved to Sunset Park Pond after the closing of Aku Aku, in an effort spearheaded by Paulina Jimeno de Bosch, mother of the Consul of Chile in Las Vegas, Paulina Biggs Sparkuhl.