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Orr School Park

Orr School Park from directly overhead

Orr School Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 599 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Plants, Portraits, and Patterns, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 2.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
599 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.12099, -115.12908

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Plants, Portraits, and Patterns: 0.6 mi
  • UNLV Surplus Center: 0.6 mi
  • The Flashlight: 0.9 mi
  • The Talisman: 1.0 mi
  • The Cube: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Molasky Family Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cambridge Recreation Center Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cambridge Recreation Center Field: 0.7 mi
  • Grand Flamingo Plaza Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Pecos-McLeod Trailhead Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Cliffs: 31
  • Whitney Mesa: 4.6 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.2 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 8.5 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 13.0 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 13.8 mi
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 27
  • Jerry Tarkanian Statue Monument: 1.4 mi
  • The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 2.4 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 2.4 mi
  • grass sand maze: 2.5 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.7 mi
Springs: 27
  • Gypsum Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Red Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Calico Spring: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 25
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Hot springs: 4
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Hot Springs: 23.3 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 4.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Orr School Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWSW 243°2,562 m23.4 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 289°2,465 m19.5 mi
Mount WilsonW 265°2,155 m19.9 mi
Gass PeakN 352°2,111 m19.5 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakW 263°2,079 m19.8 mi
Rainbow MountainW 268°2,075 m20.2 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWSW 254°2,023 m20.6 mi
Bridge MountainW 273°1,968 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2320:02
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle128 obs
  • Rock Pigeon99 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird41 obs
  • Desert Cottontail29 obs
  • Mourning Dove28 obs
  • MacGillivray's Warbler24 obs
  • House Sparrow19 obs
  • Western Honey Bee19 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/129860665

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