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Mountain View Park

Mountain View Park from directly overhead

Mountain View Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 628 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Strawberry Hill Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
628 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.02887, -115.07090

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Strawberry Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Camelback Ridge Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dos Escuelas Park: 0.5 mi
  • Paseo Verde Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bobtail Circle Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Rock Cross: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 1.6 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Reunion Trails Labyrinth: 1.7 mi
  • Cougar statue: 3.3 mi
  • Big Head Statue: 3.6 mi
  • Rock Lizards: 4.7 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Whitney Mesa: 3.2 mi
  • Peak 3382: 4.6 mi
  • Peak 3916: 4.7 mi
  • Peak 3920+: 5.2 mi
  • Peak 4163: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Rock Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 4.0 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitney Mesa: 2.9 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 3.5 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 12.0 mi
  • The Pillars: 13.6 mi
  • The Cliffs: 13.9 mi
Springs: 22
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Mormon Green Springs: 20.4 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Hot Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Hot Spring: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 3.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainW 260°2,562 m24.4 mi
Mount WilsonW 281°2,155 m23.5 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakW 280°2,079 m23.3 mi
Rainbow MountainWNW 283°2,075 m24.1 mi
Mountain Springs PeakW 271°2,023 m23.0 mi
Bridge MountainWNW 288°1,968 m24.6 mi
Indecision PeakW 278°1,960 m22.9 mi
Turtlehead PeakWNW 297°1,920 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:52
June solstice05:2519:2320:01
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4815:5116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687788939284705748
Precip in0.60.80.40.20.10.00.40.30.30.30.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccarran Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Coot125 obs
  • Mallard103 obs
  • Redhead94 obs
  • Canada Goose90 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle83 obs
  • Killdeer80 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe58 obs
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird54 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/131697162

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