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Mark Dutton Park

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Mark Dutton Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 613 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
613 m
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Coordinates36.15827, -115.14362

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
Cliffs: 31
  • Whitney Mesa: 7.0 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 7.6 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 8.0 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 10.9 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 11.8 mi
Museums: 27
Springs: 27
  • Gypsum Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Red Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Calico Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Ash Spring: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • grass sand maze: 0.4 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 0.5 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 0.6 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 0.6 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 2.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 6.7 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Mark Dutton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWSW 236°2,562 m24.0 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 282°2,465 m18.0 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 257°2,155 m19.5 mi
Quartzite MountainN 7°2,152 m24.0 mi
Gass PeakN 353°2,111 m16.9 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 255°2,079 m19.5 mi
Rainbow MountainW 260°2,075 m19.7 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWSW 246°2,023 m20.7 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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle97 obs
  • Rock Pigeon96 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird32 obs
  • House Sparrow30 obs
  • Pallid-winged Grasshopper18 obs
  • House Finch17 obs
  • Western Honey Bee14 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx14 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/1393699599

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