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Highland Valley Park

Highland Valley Park from directly overhead

Highland Valley Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 629 m. Angel Peak stands 2,704 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Pool, a park 0.3 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
629 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.20414, -115.15972

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Neon Museum Sign: 2.3 mi
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 2.3 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 2.3 mi
  • Tropicana Sign: 2.3 mi
  • Bow & Arrow Motel Neon Sign: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 60
Cliffs: 29
  • Great Unconformity: 8.5 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 8.9 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 10.1 mi
Springs: 29
  • Gypsum Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Red Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Calico Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Ash Spring: 15.5 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Cactus Alley: 2.9 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 2.9 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 3.4 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 3.4 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 3.4 mi
  • grass sand maze: 3.5 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.0 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Angel PeakWNW 289°2,704 m24.5 mi
La Madre MountainW 272°2,465 m16.7 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 247°2,155 m19.6 mi
Quartzite MountainN 11°2,152 m21.0 mi
Gass PeakN 355°2,111 m13.6 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 246°2,079 m19.7 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 250°2,075 m19.6 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWSW 237°2,023 m21.4 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 °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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle10 obs
  • Mediterranean Mantis8 obs
  • Rock Pigeon7 obs
  • Keeled Rock Gecko6 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard6 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird3 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko3 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 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 node/357553144

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