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Pecos Legacy Park

Pecos Legacy Park from directly overhead

Pecos Legacy Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 623 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Circle Art, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 5.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
623 m
Getting there

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Coordinates36.03885, -115.09961

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Rock Circle Art: 0.2 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 0.2 mi
  • Rock Circle Art: 0.2 mi
  • Rock Cross: 0.3 mi
  • Homeless Village: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Private Park: 0.9 mi
  • Green Valley Park: 1.1 mi
  • Splash Pad: 1.2 mi
  • Public Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pebble Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Big Head Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Cougar statue: 3.2 mi
  • Reunion Trails Labyrinth: 3.4 mi
  • Red Cannon: 5.2 mi
  • Black Lives Matter Banner: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Whitney Mesa: 3.0 mi
  • Peak 3382: 6.1 mi
  • Peak 3916: 6.1 mi
  • Peak 3920+: 6.6 mi
  • Peak 4163: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 34
  • Whitney Mesa: 3.0 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 3.5 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 12.0 mi
  • The Pillars: 14.8 mi
  • The Cliffs: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
Springs: 24
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Mormon Green Springs: 18.7 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 2.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Pecos Legacy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWSW 257°2,562 m23.0 mi
Mount WilsonW 280°2,155 m21.8 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakW 279°2,079 m21.6 mi
Rainbow MountainWNW 282°2,075 m22.3 mi
Mountain Springs PeakW 270°2,023 m21.4 mi
Bridge MountainWNW 287°1,968 m22.8 mi
Indecision PeakW 276°1,960 m21.2 mi
Turtlehead PeakWNW 297°1,920 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:52
June solstice05:2519:2320:01
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
  • Desert Cottontail48 obs
  • Gambel's Quail43 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle38 obs
  • White-tailed Antelope Squirrel30 obs
  • Creosote Bush28 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner27 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk23 obs
  • Black-tailed Jackrabbit22 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/164952237

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