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Desert Bloom Park

Desert Bloom Park from directly overhead

Desert Bloom Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 656 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Duck Creek Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 3.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
656 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.03688, -115.13774

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Homeless Village: 2.3 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 2.3 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 2.3 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 2.3 mi
  • Rock Cross: 2.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Whitney Mesa: 4.6 mi
  • Exploration Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Peak 3916: 7.5 mi
  • Peak 3382: 7.6 mi
  • Peak 4040+: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 34
  • Whitney Mesa: 4.8 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.1 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 13.1 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 14.8 mi
  • The Pillars: 16.9 mi
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 26
  • Josh Stevens Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Josh Stevens Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Jerry Tarkanian Statue Monument: 4.7 mi
  • The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 6.2 mi
  • 22 LA-SL Sloan AKA Enterprize arrow: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 25
Springs: 25
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Mormon Green Springs: 16.6 mi
  • Mud Spring No 2: 17.1 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Hot Springs: 22.0 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 2.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Desert Bloom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWSW 257°2,562 m20.9 mi
La Madre MountainNW 304°2,465 m21.7 mi
Mount WilsonWNW 282°2,155 m19.7 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakW 280°2,079 m19.5 mi
Rainbow MountainWNW 284°2,075 m20.3 mi
Mountain Springs PeakW 270°2,023 m19.3 mi
Bridge MountainWNW 289°1,968 m20.8 mi
White Rock HillsWNW 295°1,967 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2320:01
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4815:5116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677687939183695647
Precip in0.60.90.50.20.10.10.40.40.40.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas WFO, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle23 obs
  • Rock Pigeon15 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko11 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird10 obs
  • Creosote Bush9 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard8 obs
  • Western Honey Bee8 obs
  • Pallid-winged Grasshopper8 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/131766159

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