Hoover Dam Memorial
Hoover Dam Memorial is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Winged Figures of the Republic, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 21 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 24.8 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 0.0 mi
- It All Starts Here.: 13.3 mi
- Rock Lizards: 14.8 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 15.1 mi
- Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 15.2 mi
- Hemenway Valley Park: 5.4 mi
- Celebration Park: 5.9 mi
- Wilbur Square: 5.9 mi
- Bootleg Canyon Park: 7.2 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Promontory Point: 0.9 mi
- Paint Pots: 2.9 mi
- Fortification Hill: 3.7 mi
- The Knoll: 5.9 mi
- Boneyard of Hoover Dam: 0.5 mi
- Slot Canyons: 2.9 mi
- Liberty Bell Arch: 3.0 mi
- (unknown object): 6.3 mi
- Peak Overlook: 7.0 mi
- Memorial to Hoover Dam Dead: 0.0 mi
- Hoover Dam Mascot Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Hoover Dam: 0.1 mi
- High Scaler Statue: 0.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 5.5 mi
- Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 6.1 mi
- Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 7.0 mi
- Clark County Museum: 11.5 mi
- Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and Harry Reid Center: 23.3 mi
- Atomic Museum Vegas: 23.8 mi
- Nevada Hot Spring: 2.7 mi
- Wildhorse Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 13.9 mi
- Forlorn Hope Spring: 15.3 mi
- Davis Spring: 15.3 mi
- Hemenway Wall: 0.7 mi
- Burro Point: 4.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- The Pillars: 9.3 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Boulder City Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Victory Garden: 11.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.4 mi
- Rock Art (Peace): 18.6 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 23.2 mi
- Rioville: 21.1 mi
- Lucky Jim Camp: 22.0 mi
- El Dorado City: 22.0 mi
- Apex: 24.0 mi
- Arrolime: 25.0 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 2.2 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 2.4 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 3.9 mi
- Arizona Hot Springs: 3.9 mi
- South Beach: 3.0 mi
- Boulder Beach: 3.3 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 3.7 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 15.1 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 15.2 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 21.8 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 21.4 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hoover Dam Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | E 101° | 1,663 m | 7.2 mi |
| Muddy Peak | N 7° | 1,590 m | 19.6 mi |
| Peak 5058 | WSW 246° | 1,542 m | 18.8 mi |
| Peak 4928 | WSW 249° | 1,502 m | 18.4 mi |
| Arden Peak | WSW 254° | 1,322 m | 17.7 mi |
| Peak 4163 | WSW 256° | 1,269 m | 17.0 mi |
| Black Hill | WSW 250° | 1,245 m | 12.2 mi |
| Frenchman Mountain | NW 308° | 1,236 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:49 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 90 | 96 | 93 | 85 | 72 | 59 | 50 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5267072327
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 25 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 25 mi
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