Moapa Recreation Center Park
Moapa Recreation Center Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 481 m. Mormon Peak stands 2,254 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 17 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 481 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
- 16.7 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 17 mi
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 26 mi
127 named places within 25 miles
- Jump: 5.9 mi
- Jump: 5.9 mi
- Petroglyphs near Duck Rock: 12.0 mi
- old car: 12.1 mi
- Duck Rock: 12.2 mi
- Overton Mesa: 12.4 mi
- White Domes: 13.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 14.6 mi
- Dead Man Hill: 14.9 mi
- Moapa Peak: 15.1 mi
- Warm Springs: 7.4 mi
- Muddy Spring: 7.8 mi
- Muddy Spring: 7.8 mi
- Getchel Spring: 18.8 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 19.0 mi
- The Professionals 1966 movie site: 13.5 mi
- Captain John J Clark Memorial Monument: 18.3 mi
- Frehner Home: 18.5 mi
- Garage: 18.6 mi
- Gibson Home: 18.6 mi
- Moapa Recreation Center Park: 0.0 mi
- Grant M. Bowler Park: 7.7 mi
- Clark County Fairgrounds: 8.1 mi
- Logandale Heritage park: 8.6 mi
- Mack Lyon Park: 11.9 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound Mile 88: 3.2 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound Mile 88: 3.2 mi
- Truck Parking, I-15 Southbound, Mile 96: 5.1 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 96: 5.5 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 19.3 mi
- Byron: 6.4 mi
- Crystal: 15.0 mi
- Rox: 15.1 mi
- St. Thomas: 18.8 mi
- Dry Lake: 20.4 mi
- Logandale Trailhead: 6.4 mi
- The fire pit at Red Rock: 7.1 mi
- Mouse's Tank Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Atlatl Rock Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Seven Sisters Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 11.5 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 14.8 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 18.2 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 21.8 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 24.9 mi
- Old Swim Beach: 20.7 mi
- Ann Marguret Beach: 20.9 mi
- Engine Beach: 21.0 mi
- Belsmeir Beach: 24.3 mi
- Warm Springs Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Valley of Fire State Park: 12.7 mi
- Overton Wildlife Management Area: 14.3 mi
- Olshacs Museum: 7.9 mi
- Lost City Museum: 12.7 mi
- Double Negative: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moapa Recreation Center Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mormon Peak | NNE 13° | 2,254 m | 21.5 mi |
| Moapa Peak | NNE 31° | 1,955 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rust Peak | NNE 14° | 1,940.052 m | 18.0 mi |
| Davidson Peak | NE 43° | 1,608 m | 21.4 mi |
| The Summit | NE 41° | 1,139 m | 21.4 mi |
| Little Virgin Peak | ESE 103° | 1,077 m | 20.9 mi |
| Black Butte | ESE 119° | 820 m | 24.9 mi |
| Piute Point | SSW 193° | 817 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:03 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:46 | 16:27 |
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 | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 86 | 92 | 90 | 83 | 69 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Overton, 11 mi away.
- Creosote Bush6 obs
- matted crinklemat5 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird4 obs
- Catclaw Acacia4 obs
- Alkali Grasshopper4 obs
- Cottontop Cactus4 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird3 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear3 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 way/1384796407
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