Miller Playground
Miller Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 568 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park 0.3 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 568 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 2.5 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 12.9 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 17 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 18 mi
- Calico I · 18 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jaycee Park: 0.3 mi
- Hadland Pool: 1.1 mi
- Winchester Park: 1.2 mi
- Hadland Park: 1.2 mi
- Huntridge Circle Park: 1.5 mi
- Shoe: 1.9 mi
- Fire Breathing Praying Mantis Statue: 1.9 mi
- Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 2.0 mi
- Dancer Neon Sign: 2.0 mi
- Las Vegas Neon Sign: 2.1 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 2.0 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 2.1 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 2.1 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 2.3 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 2.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 5.6 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 7.8 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Pinnacle: 9.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 5.5 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 6.1 mi
- Great Unconformity: 6.7 mi
- Suburban Crag: 12.7 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 13.6 mi
- grass sand maze: 1.5 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.2 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 2.3 mi
- Swm n Pool: 2.3 mi
- Jerry Tarkanian Statue Monument: 3.5 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 1.9 mi
- The Mob Museum: 2.3 mi
- Neon Museum: 2.3 mi
- Neon Museum: 2.3 mi
- Elvis Presley Museum: 2.4 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 7.2 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 11.9 mi
- Red Spring: 17.2 mi
- Calico Spring: 17.3 mi
- Ash Spring: 17.8 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 2.3 mi
- Campus Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 3.1 mi
- Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- Learning Garden: 3.1 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 7.7 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 14.1 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 14.6 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 19.0 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
- Hot Springs: 23.3 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 23.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 24.2 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 19.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 19.5 mi
- South Beach: 19.8 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 5.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 24.3 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Miller Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,465 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson | W 260° | 2,155 m | 21.1 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 348° | 2,111 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 258° | 2,079 m | 21.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | W 263° | 2,075 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 249° | 2,023 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 268° | 1,968 m | 21.1 mi |
| White Rock Hills | W 274° | 1,967 m | 21.4 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 | 19:23 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle17 obs
- Western Honey Bee12 obs
- Rock Pigeon11 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard8 obs
- Northern Mockingbird6 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper6 obs
- Small Milkweed Bug6 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove5 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/357568005
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 2 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 4 mi
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