Bob Baskin Park
Bob Baskin Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 639 m. Harris Mountain stands 3,052 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Vegas Verdes Playground, a park 0.8 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 639 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Las Vegas
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 1.4 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 9.2 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 14 mi
- Calico I · 14 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vegas Verdes Playground: 0.8 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.0 mi
- Cragin Park: 1.1 mi
- Chester Stupak Park: 1.1 mi
- Clark Community School Park: 1.3 mi
- Mechan9: 1.2 mi
- Red Ball: 1.3 mi
- Be Scorchd: 1.3 mi
- In Every Lieftime I Will Find You: 1.3 mi
- Robot: 1.3 mi
- WelderUp: 1.3 mi
- Historic Well Derrick: 1.3 mi
- X-Scream: 1.4 mi
- Big Shot: 1.4 mi
- Stratosphere Tower: 1.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.0 mi
- Lone Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Exploration Peak: 10.2 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.1 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.7 mi
- Suburban Crag: 9.5 mi
- Great Unconformity: 10.1 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 10.2 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 10.5 mi
- Red Spring: 13.4 mi
- Calico Spring: 13.5 mi
- Ash Spring: 14.0 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 14.5 mi
- Punk Rock Museum: 1.1 mi
- Erotic Heritage Museum: 1.5 mi
- Origen Museum: 1.5 mi
- Nevada State Museum: 1.6 mi
- Waterworks Museum: 1.7 mi
- Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 1.3 mi
- Teaching Garden: 1.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.3 mi
- Palm Oasis: 1.3 mi
- Wildlife Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 1.5 mi
- Swm n Pool: 1.5 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 1.7 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 2.0 mi
- The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 2.1 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 11.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 12.6 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.7 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 16.5 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 22.7 mi
- Boulder Beach: 23.1 mi
- South Beach: 23.3 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 6.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.3 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Bob Baskin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Mountain | WNW 285° | 3,052 m | 24.8 mi |
| Potosi Mountain | SW 235° | 2,562 m | 22.0 mi |
| La Madre Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,465 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 257° | 2,155 m | 17.4 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,152 m | 24.8 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 0° | 2,111 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 255° | 2,079 m | 17.4 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | W 260° | 2,075 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:51 | 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.
- Northern Mockingbird158 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle124 obs
- Rock Pigeon92 obs
- Greater Roadrunner91 obs
- Verdin85 obs
- Desert Cottontail69 obs
- House Finch69 obs
- Mourning Dove63 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/130208318
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 3 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 3 mi
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