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Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum

Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum from directly overhead

Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum is a museum in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 867 m. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Willows Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

About

The story

public library in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Wikidata Q69525657, matched on coordinates and name (74 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
867 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.14508, -115.30534

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willows Park: 1.0 mi
  • Summerlin Centre Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Gardens Park: 1.5 mi
  • Downtown Summerlin Lawn: 1.7 mi
  • Spotted Leaf Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Drop: 3.9 mi
  • Double Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Double Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Double Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Double Jump: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 6.2 mi
  • Infinite Ship: 7.0 mi
  • Be Scorchd: 7.0 mi
  • Mechan9: 7.0 mi
  • Robot: 7.0 mi
Springs: 44
  • Red Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Calico Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Ash Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 31
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 6.3 mi
  • Moderate Mecca: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Provident Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.7 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 19
  • Joe Zaher: 3.3 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 3.3 mi
  • Cross for Chad David England (1979-2008): 6.4 mi
  • Dedication Walkway: 6.9 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 11.9 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 20.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Mary Jane Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Big Falls: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Charleston PeakWNW 292°3,632 m23.4 mi
Mummy MountainWNW 299°3,454 m21.9 mi
Griffith PeakWNW 288°3,369 m19.9 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 299°3,122 m20.2 mi
Harris MountainWNW 291°3,052 m18.3 mi
Angel PeakNW 309°2,704 m19.2 mi
Cathedral RockWNW 292°2,622 m20.6 mi
Potosi MountainSW 221°2,562 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667686929082695647
Precip in0.70.80.50.20.10.00.10.20.20.30.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas AIR Terminal, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27523839

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