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Hoggard Playground

Hoggard Playground from directly overhead

Hoggard Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 632 m. Angel Peak stands 2,704 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Early Childhood Development Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
632 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.18372, -115.16938

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Lucky Cuss Motel Neon Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Society Cleaners Neon Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Normandie Motel Neon Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Hacienda Horse Neon Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Pabst Blue Ribbon Neon Sign: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 60
Cliffs: 29
  • Suburban Crag: 8.8 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 9.0 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 9.3 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 9.8 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 9.8 mi
Springs: 29
  • Gypsum Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Red Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Calico Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Ash Spring: 14.7 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Cactus Alley: 1.5 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 1.5 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Swm n Pool: 2.2 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 2.2 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.2 mi
  • grass sand maze: 2.6 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.8 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Angel PeakWNW 292°2,704 m24.5 mi
Potosi MountainSW 231°2,562 m23.9 mi
La Madre MountainW 277°2,465 m16.3 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 251°2,155 m18.6 mi
Quartzite MountainNNE 12°2,152 m22.5 mi
Gass PeakN 358°2,111 m15.0 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 249°2,079 m18.7 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 254°2,075 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
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
  • Northern Mockingbird145 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle100 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner91 obs
  • Verdin85 obs
  • Rock Pigeon82 obs
  • Desert Cottontail67 obs
  • House Finch66 obs
  • Mourning Dove65 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/1451860903

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