2121 Long Meadow Dr, Reno, NV 89521

Cyan Park

Park Description:

Cyan Park is a 14-acre Reno park with restrooms (opened seasonally: late April-Early October weather permitting).

Park Amenities:

Playground, picnic shelter, barbeque area, and tables/benches.

Park Contact Information:

City of Reno - Parks & Facilities (775) 334-2417

Park Highlights

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Park History

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Bella Vista Ranch

Cyan Park is located on a portion of the former Bella Vista Ranch. At one point, the ranch comprised 1,700-acres including the land roughly south of Hidden Valley at Short Lane to the Damonte Ranch area, including much of Alexander Lake.

The Caesar A. Ramelli family owned a dairy farm on Bella Vista Ranch in the early days of the Truckee Meadows. Caesar was born in 1891 and purchased the land in the early 1920s. He was an active member of the Nevada Star Grange of Reno, and was married to his wife Jennie for 29 years when he passed away in 1948.

The land was put up for sale in 1934, listed as a “sacrifice account of illness.” But meetings of the Nevada Star Grange Home Economics Group still took place on the ranch into the 1940s, with Jennie Ramelli as the host.

The Flying Yank

Dr. J. J. Sieler stayed at Bella Vista Ranch in 1935 training for a 100-mile ultra-running race. Known as the “Flying Yank,” Sieler held many distance running race records and was training for his run from Lovelock to Reno. Around this time there were a number of ultrarunners, including Sieler, who tried to claim world records by running the “fastest known time” between two cities.

By 1946, Mr. and Mrs. Flick owned the Bella Vista Ranch. Mr. Flick was a prominent resident of Reno from his arrival in 1940 until his death in 1956. At that time, the ranch consisted of 1,500-acres and was improved for use as a cattle ranch. There are some references to the property being called Rancho del Tierra Feliz, or “Happy Land Ranch”, around this time. Besides cattle, thoroughbred horses also were raised on the ranch.

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The Flying Yank. Source: ultrarunninghistory.com/flying-yank.