The Nevada County Planning Department's Recreation Planning Division is responsible for tasks related to planning for and facilitating provision of park and recreation services (facilities and programs) throughout the County. This includes administering the Recreation Mitigation Funding Program and grant funding from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, updating and implementing the Western Nevada County Non-Motorized Recreational Trails Master Plan, processing land use permits for park and recreation facilities and commercial rafting permits on the Truckee River, and acting as a liaison for government and non-government entities who own, plan and/or manage recreation resources in Nevada County.
For information on any of the activities in this area, please contact the Planning Department.
Find information regarding the County's effort to plan and develop a public hiking trail in the Golden Oaks, Lodestar Unit II, and Sunshine Valley subdivisions.
Nevada County is not a recreation provider in the traditional sense of the term. The County’s primary focus is on planning for and facilitating the provision of park and recreation services (facilities and programs) throughout the County.
The Nevada County Planning Department developed this Plan to guide the review of discretionary projects for new development proposals in Western Nevada County.