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Pittman Playground

Pittman Playground from directly overhead

Pittman Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 707 m. Griffith Peak stands 3,369 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coleman Park, a park 0.4 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
707 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.17919, -115.22921

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 4.1 mi
  • Mechan9: 4.2 mi
  • Red Ball: 4.2 mi
  • Be Scorchd: 4.2 mi
  • In Every Lieftime I Will Find You: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Springs: 39
  • Red Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Calico Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Ash Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Suburban Crag: 6.1 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Moderate Mecca: 11.0 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Provident Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 2.1 mi
  • Joe Zaher: 2.1 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 4.5 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 4.5 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.1 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 19.4 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little Falls: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Pittman Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Griffith PeakW 279°3,369 m23.5 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 289°3,122 m23.1 mi
Harris MountainWNW 282°3,052 m21.7 mi
Angel PeakWNW 297°2,704 m21.5 mi
Cathedral RockWNW 283°2,622 m24.0 mi
Potosi MountainSW 226°2,562 m21.2 mi
La Madre MountainW 280°2,465 m13.1 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 247°2,155 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:5116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667686929082695647
Precip in0.70.80.50.20.10.00.10.20.20.30.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle21 obs
  • Argentine Ant18 obs
  • Southern Fire Ant17 obs
  • Rock Pigeon13 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove12 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird12 obs
  • Western Honey Bee12 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko10 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/1455905882

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