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Dexter Park

Dexter Park from directly overhead

Dexter Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 697 m. Griffith Peak stands 3,369 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mirabelli Park, a park 0.8 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
697 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.16234, -115.22117

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 2.9 mi
  • Mechan9: 3.0 mi
  • Be Scorchd: 3.1 mi
  • Red Ball: 3.1 mi
  • In Every Lieftime I Will Find You: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Springs: 37
  • Red Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Calico Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Ash Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Suburban Crag: 7.3 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 7.9 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 7.9 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 10.5 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 10.6 mi
Museums: 26
Gardens: 25
  • Provident Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 2.8 mi
  • Joe Zaher: 2.8 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 3.8 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 3.8 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.9 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 20.6 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Dexter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Griffith PeakWNW 282°3,369 m24.2 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 291°3,122 m23.9 mi
Harris MountainWNW 284°3,052 m22.4 mi
Angel PeakWNW 299°2,704 m22.5 mi
Potosi MountainSW 229°2,562 m20.7 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 285°2,465 m13.8 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 252°2,155 m15.4 mi
Gass PeakN 8°2,111 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0518:39
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Mockingbird78 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle57 obs
  • Verdin49 obs
  • Western Honey Bee48 obs
  • Desert Cottontail47 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner42 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard39 obs
  • Monarch35 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/251219924

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