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Kayak Park

Truckee River Kayak Park Course

The kayak park is located in the heart of Reno's bustling downtown hotel-casino and booming arts district.

Click here to view the construction progress of the Truckee River Park at Wingfield, featuring the new kayak racing course.

Whitewater Park Attributes:

The only whitewater park in the United States that offers all of the following attributes:
  • Located in the heart of a downtown resort area, walking distance from 24-hour hotel/casinos
  • Open year-round
  • Constant flow of clean, fresh water
  • Large size -11 drop-pools; total of 2,600 feet in length, or one-half mile
  • Great variety of whitewater activities for different skill levels
  • Easy public and spectator access
  • Favorable year-round climate
  • Designed to accommodate low water flows to ensure usability during dry spells
  • Situated in mountain adventure area that also offers skiing, golf, mountain biking and more
  • Easy to reach: close to Reno/Tahoe International Airport and Interstate 80

Special Features:

  • Easily accessible from all directions
  • Five drop pools in the north channel; six in the south channel. Drop pools are round pools for kayaking maneuvers that decrease slightly in elevation with each successive pool, to keep them supplied with fresh water
  • 7,000 tons of smooth flat-top rocks and boulders installed along the river banks and in-stream for easy public access, spectators, and kayaking maneuvers
  • Deep pools with continual fresh water provide good habitat for fish, particularly Lahontan cutthroat trout
  • Surrounds grassy park with amphitheater and facilities for concerts, festivals, picnics, outdoor sports and recreation
  • Whitewater park removed dangerous dam, created safer recreation attraction
  • Boating can start anywhere upstream and enjoy a great experience
  • Pedestrian walkway beneath Arlington Avenue for convenient mobility between east and west ends of terrestrial park
  • It takes 2 to 2 1/2 minutes to "run" the new whitewater park straight through, but some kayakers take hours, enjoying maneuvers in each pool
  • Water temperature ranges between 50 and 70 degrees. It doesn't freeze
  • Kayakers need to wear helmets and flotation jackets for protection and safety
  • Beginners can enjoy the whitewater park, which is engineered to be safe

Technical Details:

  • Length: 2,600 feet, including 1,400 feet in the north channel and 1,200 feet in the south channel or one-half mile. Note: The north and south channels are created by Wingfield Park, an island in the river that divides the flow and has been a city park for years.

  • Class 2 to 3 course (on a scale of 1 to 6; one being a lake, six being a waterfall)
  • Users: kayaks, canoes and rafts, inner tubes
  • Maneuvers: freestyle including front and side surfing, cartwheeling, throwing ends, blunt moves, spoofing and splatting, flat spinning, loops, front flips, slalom racing. Random boulders in channels
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