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Burkholder Park

Burkholder Park from directly overhead

Burkholder Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 596 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Street Plaza, a park 0.8 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
596 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.02961, -114.99658

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Water Street Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Gordon McCaw Park: 0.8 mi
  • Shaded Canyon Trailhead: 1.0 mi
  • Acacia Park: 1.2 mi
  • Paseo Verde Trailhead: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • It All Starts Here.: 2.4 mi
  • Reunion Trails Labyrinth: 2.5 mi
  • Rock Lizards: 2.8 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 3.6 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Cliff Tooth Gap: 2.5 mi
  • Raod Gap Jump: 2.7 mi
  • Heritage Street of Historic Homes: 3.1 mi
  • Historic Mining Vehicles: 3.1 mi
  • Stationary Engines: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 48
  • Peak 3382: 4.1 mi
  • Areola Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Peak 3916: 4.7 mi
  • Peak 3920+: 5.2 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Victory Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 5.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.0 mi
Springs: 13
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Nevada Hot Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Forlorn Hope Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Davis Spring: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Whitney Mesa: 4.6 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.1 mi
  • The Pillars: 10.1 mi
  • The Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 11.5 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Hot Springs: 14.2 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Ringbolt Hot Spring: 15.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 7.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burkholder Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonE 96°1,663 m21.6 mi
Black MountainSSW 201°1,552.05 m7.3 mi
Peak 5058SSW 197°1,541.7 m9.0 mi
Blue Diamond HillWNW 283°1,503 m22.8 mi
Peak 4928SSW 200°1,502.06 m8.1 mi
Arden PeakSSW 204°1,322.23 m6.4 mi
Peak 4163SSW 203°1,268.89 m5.5 mi
Black HillSSE 150°1,245 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2419:2320:01
September equinox06:2918:0518:38
December solstice06:4815:5016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687788939284705748
Precip in0.60.80.40.20.10.00.40.30.30.30.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccarran Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Creosote Bush40 obs
  • Brittlebush13 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear13 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird12 obs
  • House Finch12 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle10 obs
  • Silverleaf Sunray10 obs
  • Gambel's Quail9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/164959724

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