Mountain View Park
Mountain View Park is a park in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 543 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Pool, a park 0.6 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 16.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 21 mi
- Calico I · 21 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Pool: 0.6 mi
- Robert "Bob" Price Park: 0.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunrise Park: 0.7 mi
- Robison Community School Park: 1.3 mi
- Frontier Sign: 4.7 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 4.7 mi
- Sahara Sign: 4.7 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 4.7 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 4.7 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 5.1 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 5.1 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 5.2 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 5.3 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 5.5 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 6.5 mi
- Lava Butte: 7.2 mi
- Black Cone: 7.2 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 4.6 mi
- Neon Museum: 4.7 mi
- Neon Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Mob Museum: 5.1 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 5.7 mi
- grass sand maze: 5.3 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 6.0 mi
- Swm n Pool: 6.2 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 6.2 mi
- Home of ADVENTURES with Christian, RIP: 7.9 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 5.9 mi
- Campus Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 7.5 mi
- Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden: 7.5 mi
- Learning Garden: 7.6 mi
- Great Unconformity: 2.5 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.5 mi
- The Pillars: 12.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 2.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 8.0 mi
- White Spot Spring: 18.5 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 18.6 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 19.0 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 22.4 mi
- Hot Springs: 22.4 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 24.4 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 7.6 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 14.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 18.6 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 22.1 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 17.7 mi
- Boulder Beach: 18.1 mi
- South Beach: 18.4 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 9.6 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 24.1 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 274° | 2,465 m | 22.7 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 355° | 2,152 m | 21.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 334° | 2,111 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 261° | 1,968 m | 24.7 mi |
| White Rock Hills | W 266° | 1,967 m | 24.7 mi |
| Turtlehead Peak | W 268° | 1,920 m | 21.9 mi |
| Fossil Ridge | NNW 334° | 1,664 m | 19.3 mi |
| Muddy Peak | ENE 70° | 1,590 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
- Plexippoides flavescens13 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard10 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko4 obs
- Small Milkweed Bug4 obs
- Southern Fire Ant4 obs
- Rock Pigeon3 obs
- West Coast Lady3 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper3 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/468555531
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 5 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 9 mi
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