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Mack Lyon Park

Mack Lyon Park from directly overhead

Mack Lyon Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 389 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Overton Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Valley of Fire State Park Roadways passes 7.6 miles off. 159 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
389 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.54152, -114.45004

159 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 46
  • old car: 2.9 mi
  • Duck Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Petroglyphs near Duck Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Fire Wave Trail: 5.7 mi
  • Fire Wave: 5.7 mi
Springs: 32
Peaks: 25
  • Overton Mesa: 1.6 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 4.6 mi
  • White Domes: 6.0 mi
  • Baseline Mesa: 6.6 mi
  • Silica Dome: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 13
Parks: 11
Rest areas: 7
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Mormon Mesa: 6.0 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 15.4 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 17.3 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 21.8 mi
  • Flat Top Mesa: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgin PeakENE 77°2,422 m19.2 mi
Moapa PeakN 360°1,955 m21.9 mi
Billy Goat PeakE 95°1,738 m21.5 mi
Muddy PeakSW 219°1,590 m21.6 mi
Gold ButteSE 141°1,529 m23.7 mi
Quail PointE 92°1,232 m19.4 mi
Mineral ButtesSSE 155°1,078 m24.1 mi
Little Virgin PeakENE 71°1,077 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1618:50
June solstice05:2119:2220:00
September equinox06:2618:0218:36
December solstice06:4715:4616:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677686929083695546
Precip in0.70.90.80.30.10.00.40.40.30.50.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Overton, under a mile away.

  • Bighorn Sheep107 obs
  • Common Chuckwalla25 obs
  • Desert Iguana14 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear5 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad5 obs
  • Wild Turkey4 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/144315299

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