Description

Dragonfly Divide it a paved trail that runs north-south connecting the Duck Creek Trails with the Clark County Wetlands Park trails. The Dragonfly Divide Trail, which is accessible, also facilitates connecting the three paved Duck Creek trails. As such, birders can walk out any of the three Duck Creek trails and loop back to the trailhead using one of the other Duck Creek trails with Dragonfly Divide as a connector.

Duck Creek, on the southeast side of the Las Vegas Valley, is part of the Clark County Wetlands Park and right along Las Vegas Wash. In recent years, Clark County, in partnership with Duck Unlimited, has dredged and sculpted six ponds near the wash. The ponds attract large numbers of ducks, shorebirds, and other wetland species (e.g., grebes, herons, and rails), plus a few oddities such as Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Red-throated Pipit. This is also a good place to see dragonflies. The 0.4-mile walk out to the edge of the ponds is paved and nearly level. Dragonfly Divide runs along the west edge of the ponds, and dirt roads run between them. The area was being managed to prevent tall vegetation from taking over and crowding out the birds and bird watchers, but they don't always do a very good job.