Discovery Children's Museum
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Discovery Children's Museum is a museum in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 621 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Symphony Park, a park 0.1 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
DISCOVERY Children's Museum is a nonprofit children's museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Lied Discovery Children's museum, this 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m2), three-story space is now located adjacent to The Smith Center in Downtown Las Vegas. The Museum sees roughly 250,000 visitors each year.
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Dates from 1984.
Wikidata Q6544071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 1.8 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 10.7 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- Calico I · 16 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 16 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Symphony Park: 0.1 mi
- Common Grounds at Downtown Container Park: 0.8 mi
- Downtown Container Park Event Stage: 0.8 mi
- Ethel Pearson Park: 0.8 mi
- Mark Dutton Park: 0.9 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 0.5 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 0.5 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 0.6 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 0.7 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 0.7 mi
- Hacienda Horse Neon Sign: 0.7 mi
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Neon Sign: 0.7 mi
- Cocktail Neon Sign: 0.7 mi
- Las Vegas Neon Sign: 0.7 mi
- Lucky Cuss Motel Neon Sign: 0.7 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Lone Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 10.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Great Unconformity: 8.2 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.5 mi
- Suburban Crag: 10.1 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 11.1 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 8.6 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 13.7 mi
- Red Spring: 15.0 mi
- Calico Spring: 15.2 mi
- Ash Spring: 15.5 mi
- Burlesque Hall of Fame: 0.6 mi
- The Mob Museum: 0.7 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 0.8 mi
- Punk Rock Museum: 1.1 mi
- Neon Museum: 1.1 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 0.6 mi
- Teaching Garden: 2.0 mi
- Palm Oasis: 2.0 mi
- Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 2.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.0 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 0.9 mi
- Swm n Pool: 0.9 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 1.0 mi
- grass sand maze: 1.2 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 3.3 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 10.3 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 14.3 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 18.4 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 21.7 mi
- Boulder Beach: 22.1 mi
- South Beach: 22.3 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 7.5 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.0 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Discovery Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potosi Mountain | SW 234° | 2,562 m | 24.0 mi |
| La Madre Mountain | W 280° | 2,465 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 254° | 2,155 m | 19.2 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 9° | 2,152 m | 23.3 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 354° | 2,111 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 253° | 2,079 m | 19.2 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,075 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 244° | 2,023 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 76 | 86 | 92 | 90 | 82 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas AIR Terminal, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/182464620
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 1 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 4 mi
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