Potosi Park
Potosi Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 683 m. Fletcher Peak stands 3,122 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cashman Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 683 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 3.2 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 12 mi
- Calico I · 12 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cashman Park: 0.7 mi
- Clark Community School Park: 1.0 mi
- Vegas Verdes Playground: 1.3 mi
- Davis Park: 1.3 mi
- Dexter Park: 1.6 mi
- Chinatown Plaza: 1.4 mi
- VooDoo Zipline: 2.2 mi
- WelderUp: 2.3 mi
- Historic Well Derrick: 2.4 mi
- Fall of Atlantis Show: 2.4 mi
- Journey to the West: 1.4 mi
- Mechan9: 1.9 mi
- Infinite Ship: 1.9 mi
- Be Scorchd: 1.9 mi
- Robot: 1.9 mi
- Exploration Peak: 8.8 mi
- Lone Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.2 mi
- Firehouse Hill: 10.3 mi
- Blue Diamond Hill: 10.4 mi
- Suburban Crag: 8.7 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 9.2 mi
- Gun Club Right Wall: 9.2 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.8 mi
- Red Spring: 11.5 mi
- Calico Spring: 11.7 mi
- Ash Spring: 12.2 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 12.5 mi
- Erotic Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Origen Museum: 2.6 mi
- Waterworks Museum: 2.6 mi
- Nevada State Museum: 2.6 mi
- Madame Tussauds Las Vegas: 2.7 mi
- Provident Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 2.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.4 mi
- Wildlife Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 2.6 mi
- The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 2.7 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 3.5 mi
- Swm n Pool: 3.5 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 3.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 11.4 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 12.8 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 12.8 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 14.5 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 24.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 24.6 mi
- South Beach: 24.9 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 7.5 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.2 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Potosi Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Peak | WNW 294° | 3,122 m | 24.9 mi |
| Harris Mountain | WNW 288° | 3,052 m | 23.2 mi |
| Angel Peak | WNW 302° | 2,704 m | 23.6 mi |
| Potosi Mountain | SW 233° | 2,562 m | 20.0 mi |
| La Madre Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,465 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 258° | 2,155 m | 15.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 6° | 2,111 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 256° | 2,079 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 76 | 86 | 92 | 90 | 82 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon29 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle19 obs
- Argentine Ant16 obs
- Northern Mockingbird15 obs
- Southern Fire Ant14 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko11 obs
- Western Honey Bee9 obs
- oleander9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/145036604
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 3 mi
- Las Vegas · 5 mi
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