Boris Park
Boris Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 568 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Tot Lot, a park 0.1 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 568 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 4.9 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 13.0 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 17 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Calico I · 18 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Tot Lot: 0.1 mi
- Petitti Pool: 0.4 mi
- Brooks Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
- Petitti Park: 0.6 mi
- Joe Kneip Park: 0.7 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 2.2 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 2.3 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 2.3 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 2.3 mi
- Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 2.3 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 2.8 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 2.9 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 2.9 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 2.9 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 3.4 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.5 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 9.9 mi
- Lava Butte: 10.9 mi
- Great Unconformity: 6.2 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 10.0 mi
- Suburban Crag: 11.0 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 12.2 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Neon Museum: 2.3 mi
- Neon Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Mob Museum: 2.7 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 6.3 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 11.6 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 16.2 mi
- White Spot Spring: 16.2 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 16.5 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 3.7 mi
- Palm Oasis: 4.7 mi
- Teaching Garden: 4.7 mi
- Cactus Alley: 4.7 mi
- Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 4.7 mi
- grass sand maze: 3.6 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 4.0 mi
- Swm n Pool: 4.1 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 4.1 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 6.5 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 10.5 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 11.3 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 17.5 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 21.2 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 21.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 21.7 mi
- South Beach: 22.0 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 9.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 20.9 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Boris Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 271° | 2,465 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 249° | 2,155 m | 21.8 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 5° | 2,152 m | 20.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 346° | 2,111 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 248° | 2,079 m | 21.9 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 252° | 2,075 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 240° | 2,023 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 360° | 2,018 m | 24.1 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, 2 mi away.
- Rough Harvester Ant13 obs
- Rock Pigeon11 obs
- Southern Fire Ant9 obs
- Plexippoides flavescens8 obs
- Forelius mccooki6 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove4 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard4 obs
- Western Honey Bee4 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/466544814
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 3 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 7 mi
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