Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 591 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Las Vegas Natural History Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 591 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nevada State Parks
How to reach it
- On the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 2.9 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 11.8 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Calico I · 17 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Fantasy Park: 0.3 mi
- Richard Walpole Senior Citizens Park: 0.7 mi
- James Gay Park: 0.7 mi
- Hewetson Playground: 0.7 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 0.2 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 0.3 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 0.3 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 0.3 mi
- Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 0.3 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 0.8 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 0.9 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 0.9 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 0.9 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 1.4 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.1 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 9.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Great Unconformity: 7.1 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.0 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 8.6 mi
- Suburban Crag: 10.7 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 11.8 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 0.0 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.3 mi
- Neon Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Mob Museum: 0.7 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 1.3 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 7.4 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.5 mi
- Red Spring: 16.2 mi
- Calico Spring: 16.3 mi
- Ash Spring: 16.6 mi
- grass sand maze: 1.7 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.0 mi
- Swm n Pool: 2.1 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 2.1 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 4.5 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 1.7 mi
- Teaching Garden: 3.2 mi
- Palm Oasis: 3.2 mi
- Cactus Alley: 3.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.2 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 9.9 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 15.5 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 19.7 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 21.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 21.5 mi
- South Beach: 21.7 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 8.1 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 21.9 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 277° | 2,465 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 253° | 2,155 m | 20.4 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 7° | 2,152 m | 22.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 350° | 2,111 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 252° | 2,079 m | 20.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,075 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 243° | 2,023 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | W 261° | 1,968 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon75 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle58 obs
- Northern Mockingbird27 obs
- House Sparrow24 obs
- House Finch18 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper13 obs
- Argentine Ant11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/129478115
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 1 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 5 mi
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