Morrel Park
Morrel Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 586 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Henderson City Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Las Vegas Strip passes 12 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 586 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 12.9 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 25 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 27 mi
- Calico I · 27 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Henderson City Park: 0.0 mi
- Boys and Girls Club of Henderson: 0.7 mi
- Cinnamon Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Water Street Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Gordon McCaw Park: 0.8 mi
- It All Starts Here.: 1.6 mi
- Rock Lizards: 3.6 mi
- Reunion Trails Labyrinth: 4.0 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 4.4 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 4.5 mi
- Historic Mining Vehicles: 2.1 mi
- Stationary Engines: 2.1 mi
- Ore Wagons: 2.1 mi
- Heritage Street of Historic Homes: 2.1 mi
- Ghost Town: 2.1 mi
- Areola Peak: 5.0 mi
- Peak 3382: 5.2 mi
- Mount Scorpion: 5.5 mi
- Black Hill: 5.6 mi
- Peak 3916: 5.8 mi
- Home of ADVENTURES with Christian, RIP: 4.5 mi
- Josh Stevens Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Josh Stevens Monument: 6.3 mi
- Bootleg Canyon: 7.0 mi
- TWA Terminal Building: 8.0 mi
- Clark County Museum: 2.2 mi
- Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 8.0 mi
- Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 8.4 mi
- Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and Harry Reid Center: 10.8 mi
- Atomic Museum Vegas: 11.4 mi
- Victory Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 6.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 6.9 mi
- Rock Art (Peace): 7.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 7.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 5.7 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 6.1 mi
- The Pillars: 8.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Great Unconformity: 11.3 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.1 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.4 mi
- Nevada Hot Spring: 15.5 mi
- Forlorn Hope Spring: 19.2 mi
- Davis Spring: 19.7 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hot Springs: 12.8 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 13.2 mi
- Hot Spring: 13.5 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
- Bard: 15.3 mi
- Apex: 20.5 mi
- Arrolime: 22.1 mi
- Lucky Jim Camp: 24.8 mi
- El Dorado City: 24.9 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 4.4 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 12.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 16.3 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 9.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 10.0 mi
- South Beach: 10.2 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morrel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | E 97° | 1,663 m | 20.2 mi |
| Muddy Peak | NE 40° | 1,590 m | 23.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,552.05 m | 8.3 mi |
| Peak 5058 | SSW 205° | 1,541.7 m | 9.9 mi |
| Blue Diamond Hill | WNW 281° | 1,503 m | 24.2 mi |
| Peak 4928 | SSW 208° | 1,502.06 m | 9.1 mi |
| Arden Peak | SW 214° | 1,322.23 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peak 4163 | SSW 214° | 1,268.89 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 90 | 96 | 93 | 85 | 72 | 59 | 50 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 10 mi away.
- Northern Mockingbird20 obs
- Creosote Bush19 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle18 obs
- Silverleaf Sunray18 obs
- House Finch18 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird16 obs
- Mourning Dove13 obs
- House Sparrow11 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/357568021
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 12 mi
- Las Vegas · 13 mi
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