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Rainbow Family Park

Rainbow Family Park from directly overhead

Rainbow Family Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 741 m. Griffith Peak stands 3,369 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
741 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Las Vegas Parks & Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.14976, -115.24760

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 3.3 mi
  • Mechan9: 3.9 mi
  • Infinite Ship: 3.9 mi
  • Be Scorchd: 3.9 mi
  • Red Ball: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Springs: 40
  • Red Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Calico Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Ash Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Suburban Crag: 7.0 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Moderate Mecca: 9.7 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Provident Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Joe Zaher: 2.3 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 2.3 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 4.6 mi
  • The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 4.7 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 9.4 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 21.0 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little Falls: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Rainbow Family Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Griffith PeakWNW 285°3,369 m22.9 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 295°3,122 m22.9 mi
Harris MountainWNW 287°3,052 m21.2 mi
Angel PeakWNW 303°2,704 m21.7 mi
Cathedral RockWNW 288°2,622 m23.6 mi
Potosi MountainSW 228°2,562 m19.0 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 290°2,465 m12.6 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 254°2,155 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:39
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Argentine Ant19 obs
  • Rock Pigeon15 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle15 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird14 obs
  • Southern Fire Ant13 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko9 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk8 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard7 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/27550059

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