Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a museum in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 593 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, nonprofit natural history museum that is located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibits focus on various subjects, from dinosaurs, marine life, and mammals both exotic and native, as well as an Egyptian exhibit that opened in February 2010, focusing on the life of Tutankhamen. The Museum opened on July 16, 1991, and is located on Las Vegas Boulevard across from the City of Las Vegas' Department of Human Resources, as part of the downtown area known as the Cultural Corridor. It is approximately one mile north of the Fremont Street Experience.
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Wikidata Q6492605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 593 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 11.8 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Calico I · 17 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park: 0.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Fantasy Park: 0.3 mi
- Hewetson Playground: 0.7 mi
- Richard Walpole Senior Citizens Park: 0.7 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 0.2 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 0.2 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 0.2 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 0.2 mi
- Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 0.2 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 0.8 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 0.8 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 0.8 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 0.9 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 1.3 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.0 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 9.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Great Unconformity: 7.1 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.6 mi
- Suburban Crag: 10.8 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 11.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 7.4 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.5 mi
- Red Spring: 16.2 mi
- Calico Spring: 16.3 mi
- Ash Spring: 16.6 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.2 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Mob Museum: 0.6 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 1.3 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 1.6 mi
- grass sand maze: 1.6 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 1.9 mi
- Swm n Pool: 2.1 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 2.1 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 4.5 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 1.7 mi
- Teaching Garden: 3.2 mi
- Palm Oasis: 3.2 mi
- Cactus Alley: 3.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.2 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 9.8 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 15.4 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 19.7 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 21.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 21.5 mi
- South Beach: 21.7 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.1 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 21.9 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 277° | 2,465 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 253° | 2,155 m | 20.4 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 7° | 2,152 m | 22.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 350° | 2,111 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 252° | 2,079 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,075 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 243° | 2,023 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 261° | 1,968 m | 20.1 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 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/925732138
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- Las Vegas · 1 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 5 mi
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