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Gordon McCaw Park

Gordon McCaw Park from directly overhead

Gordon McCaw Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 608 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Street Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 11 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
608 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.02819, -114.98149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • It All Starts Here.: 2.1 mi
  • Rock Lizards: 2.9 mi
  • Reunion Trails Labyrinth: 3.3 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 3.7 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Heritage Street of Historic Homes: 2.3 mi
  • Historic Mining Vehicles: 2.3 mi
  • Stationary Engines: 2.3 mi
  • Ore Wagons: 2.3 mi
  • Ghost Town: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 52
  • Areola Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Peak 3382: 4.4 mi
  • Peak 3916: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Scorpion: 5.3 mi
  • Black Hill: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 27
Gardens: 24
  • Victory Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 6.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 12
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Nevada Hot Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Forlorn Hope Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Davis Spring: 19.7 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Hot Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Hot Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Ringbolt Hot Spring: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonE 96°1,663 m20.8 mi
Muddy PeakNE 41°1,590 m24.6 mi
Black MountainSSW 207°1,552.05 m7.6 mi
Peak 5058SSW 203°1,541.7 m9.2 mi
Blue Diamond HillWNW 283°1,503 m23.7 mi
Peak 4928SSW 205°1,502.06 m8.4 mi
Arden PeakSSW 211°1,322.23 m6.7 mi
Peak 4163SSW 211°1,268.89 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: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505562707990969385725950
Precip in0.80.91.00.30.20.10.60.50.40.50.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Creosote Bush44 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle16 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird16 obs
  • Silverleaf Sunray15 obs
  • Costa's Hummingbird13 obs
  • Brittlebush12 obs
  • Pallid-winged Grasshopper12 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear12 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/164959722

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