Nellis Meadows Park
Nellis Meadows Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 557 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 0.9 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 557 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 15.7 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
- 15.8 mi off the Mt. Charleston Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 20 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Calico I · 21 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Freedom Park: 0.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 1.0 mi
- Alexander Villas Park: 1.2 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.4 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 1.5 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 4.7 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 4.7 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 4.7 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 4.7 mi
- Frontier Sign: 4.7 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 5.2 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 5.3 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 5.3 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 5.4 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 5.7 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 8.2 mi
- Lava Butte: 8.5 mi
- Black Cone: 8.5 mi
- Great Unconformity: 3.5 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.4 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 10.1 mi
- The Pillars: 13.8 mi
- Suburban Crag: 13.9 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 4.5 mi
- Neon Museum: 4.7 mi
- Neon Museum: 4.7 mi
- Shelby Museum: 5.0 mi
- The Mob Museum: 5.2 mi
- grass sand maze: 5.7 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 6.3 mi
- Swm n Pool: 6.5 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 6.5 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 8.7 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 6.1 mi
- Teaching Garden: 7.6 mi
- Palm Oasis: 7.6 mi
- Cactus Alley: 7.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 7.6 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 3.4 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 8.6 mi
- White Spot Spring: 16.9 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 16.9 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 17.3 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 9.3 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 13.3 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 19.5 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 23.6 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 23.9 mi
- Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 24.1 mi
- Hot Spring: 25.0 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 19.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 19.6 mi
- South Beach: 19.9 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.5 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nellis Meadows Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 270° | 2,465 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 250° | 2,155 m | 24.8 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 357° | 2,152 m | 19.8 mi |
| Gass Peak | NNW 333° | 2,111 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 249° | 2,079 m | 24.8 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,075 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 353° | 2,018 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,968 m | 24.3 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, 3 mi away.
- Plexippoides flavescens11 obs
- Rock Pigeon5 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard5 obs
- Southern Fire Ant4 obs
- American Kestrel3 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle3 obs
- Rough Harvester Ant3 obs
- Mourning Dove2 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/130798811
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 5 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 9 mi
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