Edwards Playground
Edwards Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 538 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Robison Community School Park, a park 0.6 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 538 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 15.1 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 19 mi
- Calico I · 20 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 20 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robison Community School Park: 0.6 mi
- Stewart Place Park: 0.6 mi
- Joe Shoong Park: 1.2 mi
- Douglas Selby Park & Trailhead: 1.3 mi
- Freedom Park: 1.7 mi
- Frontier Sign: 3.4 mi
- Sahara Sign: 3.4 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 3.4 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 3.4 mi
- Jerry Sign: 3.4 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 3.7 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 3.7 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 3.9 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 3.9 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 4.0 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 6.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Pinnacle: 7.7 mi
- Great Unconformity: 4.0 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 6.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.0 mi
- The Pillars: 13.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Neon Museum: 3.4 mi
- Neon Museum: 3.4 mi
- The Mob Museum: 3.8 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 4.1 mi
- grass sand maze: 3.7 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 4.5 mi
- Swm n Pool: 4.6 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 4.6 mi
- Jerry Tarkanian Statue Monument: 6.1 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 4.4 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 5.6 mi
- Campus Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 5.7 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 4.5 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 9.4 mi
- White Spot Spring: 19.4 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 19.4 mi
- Red Spring: 19.4 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 22.3 mi
- Hot Springs: 22.3 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 24.3 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 7.0 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 14.8 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 16.7 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 20.5 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 17.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 18.3 mi
- South Beach: 18.5 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 7.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 24.4 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Edwards Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 278° | 2,465 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 257° | 2,155 m | 23.5 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 358° | 2,152 m | 22.8 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 339° | 2,111 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 256° | 2,079 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | W 259° | 2,075 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 264° | 1,968 m | 23.4 mi |
| White Rock Hills | W 270° | 1,967 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:23 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Plexippoides flavescens13 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard6 obs
- Southern Fire Ant4 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle3 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko3 obs
- Fiery Skipper3 obs
- West Coast Lady3 obs
- Carolina Sphinx3 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 node/357567816
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 4 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 7 mi
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