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Gold Crest Park

Gold Crest Park from directly overhead

Gold Crest Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 622 m. Angel Peak stands 2,704 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Craig Ranch Regional Park, a park 0.5 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
622 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.23737, -115.15084

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Neon Museum Sign: 4.2 mi
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 4.2 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 4.3 mi
  • La Concha Motel Sign: 4.3 mi
  • Cesars Palace Sign: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Cliffs: 29
  • Great Unconformity: 8.4 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 9.1 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 10.4 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 11.9 mi
Museums: 26
Springs: 26
  • Gypsum Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Upper White Blotch Spring: 13.6 mi
  • White Spot Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Lower White Blotch Spring: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Cactus Alley: 5.2 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 5.2 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • grass sand maze: 5.6 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 5.6 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 5.7 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 5.7 mi
  • Andreas Probst: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 12.1 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Gold Crest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Angel PeakWNW 283°2,704 m24.3 mi
La Madre MountainW 264°2,465 m17.3 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 242°2,155 m21.1 mi
Quartzite MountainN 11°2,152 m18.6 mi
Gass PeakN 352°2,111 m11.4 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 241°2,079 m21.2 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 245°2,075 m20.9 mi
Mountain Springs PeakSW 233°2,023 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2419:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:5016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505361687787939183715748
Precip in0.60.80.50.20.20.00.30.30.30.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard27 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle23 obs
  • Canada Goose17 obs
  • Sonoran Bumble Bee13 obs
  • Muscovy Duck11 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee10 obs
  • Rock Pigeon9 obs
  • Pond Slider9 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/179988090

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