Hewetson Playground
Hewetson Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 567 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fantasy Park, a park 0.6 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 567 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 3.0 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 12.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 17 mi
- Calico I · 17 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fantasy Park: 0.6 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park: 0.7 mi
- Bracken Playground: 0.7 mi
- Hadland Park: 0.9 mi
- Frontier Sign: 0.7 mi
- Sahara Sign: 0.7 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 0.7 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 0.7 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 0.7 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 1.1 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 1.1 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 1.2 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 1.3 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 1.6 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.5 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 9.0 mi
- Pinnacle: 10.4 mi
- Great Unconformity: 6.5 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.1 mi
- Suburban Crag: 11.4 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 12.5 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 0.7 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.7 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Mob Museum: 1.1 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 6.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 11.9 mi
- Red Spring: 16.8 mi
- Calico Spring: 16.9 mi
- Ash Spring: 17.3 mi
- grass sand maze: 1.6 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.2 mi
- Swm n Pool: 2.3 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 2.3 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 4.6 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 2.0 mi
- Teaching Garden: 3.7 mi
- Palm Oasis: 3.7 mi
- Cactus Alley: 3.7 mi
- Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 3.7 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 9.2 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.8 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 15.5 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 20.2 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 20.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 20.8 mi
- South Beach: 21.1 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 7.8 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.5 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
- Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hewetson 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 | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 254° | 2,155 m | 21.0 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 5° | 2,152 m | 22.6 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 348° | 2,111 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 253° | 2,079 m | 21.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 257° | 2,075 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 244° | 2,023 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 262° | 1,968 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon69 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle53 obs
- Northern Mockingbird25 obs
- House Finch18 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper13 obs
- Argentine Ant11 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard10 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/357567903
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 1 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 5 mi
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