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Monte Vista Park

Monte Vista Park from directly overhead

Monte Vista Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 647 m. Sheep Peak stands 2,936 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandstone Ridge Park, a park 0.6 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
647 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.24931, -115.16662

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Neon Museum Sign: 5.3 mi
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 5.3 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 5.3 mi
  • La Concha Motel Sign: 5.3 mi
  • Cesars Palace Sign: 5.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Springs: 33
  • Gypsum Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Upper White Blotch Spring: 12.6 mi
  • White Spot Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Lower White Blotch Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Suburban Crag: 8.2 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 9.5 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 9.6 mi
  • Dreamland: 13.0 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Cactus Alley: 5.7 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 5.7 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Andreas Probst: 5.1 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 6.5 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 6.5 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 6.6 mi
  • grass sand maze: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 13.1 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Monte Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep PeakN 349°2,936 m23.5 mi
Angel PeakWNW 282°2,704 m23.3 mi
La Madre MountainW 261°2,465 m16.5 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 239°2,155 m20.7 mi
Quartzite MountainNNE 14°2,152 m18.0 mi
Gass PeakN 356°2,111 m10.5 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 238°2,079 m20.8 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 242°2,075 m20.5 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 °F505361687787939183715748
Precip in0.60.80.50.20.20.00.30.30.30.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard27 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle22 obs
  • Canada Goose17 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird13 obs
  • Sonoran Bumble Bee13 obs
  • Muscovy Duck11 obs
  • Pond Slider10 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee10 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/179988093

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