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O'Callaghan Park

O'Callaghan Park from directly overhead

O'Callaghan Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 675 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lundblad Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 12 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
675 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.01125, -114.98020

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lundblad Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls Park North: 0.8 mi
  • McCullough Vista Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls Park South: 0.9 mi
  • Gordon McCaw Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Cliff Tooth Gap: 1.5 mi
  • Raod Gap Jump: 1.8 mi
  • Heritage Street of Historic Homes: 1.9 mi
  • Historic Mining Vehicles: 1.9 mi
  • Stationary Engines: 1.9 mi
Artworks
  • Rock Lizards: 1.9 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 2.7 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 2.8 mi
  • Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 3.0 mi
  • It All Starts Here.: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 52
  • Areola Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Peak 3382: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Scorpion: 4.2 mi
  • Peak 3916: 4.2 mi
  • Black Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 27
Gardens: 24
  • Victory Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 5.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.9 mi
Springs: 14
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Nevada Hot Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Forlorn Hope Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Davis Spring: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Whitney Mesa: 6.1 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 6.7 mi
  • The Pillars: 10.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 12.8 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Hot Springs: 13.1 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of O'Callaghan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonE 93°1,663 m20.6 mi
Black MountainSSW 213°1,552.05 m6.6 mi
Peak 5058SSW 206°1,541.7 m8.2 mi
Blue Diamond HillWNW 285°1,503 m24.0 mi
Peak 4928SSW 210°1,502.06 m7.4 mi
Arden PeakSW 218°1,322.23 m5.8 mi
Peak 4163SW 218°1,268.89 m4.9 mi
Sheep MountainSW 226°1,264 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2419:2320:01
September equinox06:2918:0518:38
December solstice06:4815:5016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505562707990969385725950
Precip in0.80.91.00.30.20.10.60.50.40.50.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Creosote Bush48 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear20 obs
  • Gambel's Quail18 obs
  • Silverleaf Sunray14 obs
  • Brittlebush13 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird12 obs
  • Arizona Bark Scorpion10 obs
  • Silver Cholla8 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/131782571

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