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Peace Park

Peace Park from directly overhead

Peace Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 797 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Peak, a peak 5.6 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Road passes 21 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
797 m

What to expect

Operated by
Clark County Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.81023, -115.64723

108 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 34
  • Potosi Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Horse Thief Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Horse Thief Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Stump Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Beck Spring: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Ragged Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Cairn East of Shenandoah Mine: 5.7 mi
  • Bonanza Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Black Butte: 6.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Peak: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Amphitheater: 11.2 mi
  • EnTRAPment Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Tantrum Wall: 11.3 mi
  • Keystone Thrust: 21.5 mi
  • Sandstone Bluff: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Pioneer Saloon: 12.2 mi
  • Wilson Tanks: 15.1 mi
  • Jump: 15.7 mi
  • GoJump Skydiving Las Vegas: 18.0 mi
  • Desperado: 19.9 mi
Parks: 8
Historic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Clark Mountain Natural Arch: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainNE 37°2,562 m13.5 mi
Clark MountainS 170°2,417 m19.9 mi
Kingston PeakWSW 249°2,235 m16.1 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 25°2,155 m21.6 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakNNE 26°2,079 m21.3 mi
Rainbow MountainNNE 23°2,075 m22.4 mi
Mountain Springs PeakNNE 31°2,023 m18.1 mi
Bridge MountainNNE 21°1,968 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:55
June solstice05:2819:2520:03
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5015:5416:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753607080858376645143
Precip in0.91.20.70.40.00.00.80.60.30.60.30.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodsprings, 12 mi away.

  • Desert Spinystar2 obs
  • American Coot1 obs
  • Indian Peafowl1 obs
  • Rufous Hummingbird1 obs
  • Common Raven1 obs
  • Western Kingbird1 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard1 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx1 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1106279983

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