Shadow Rock Park
Shadow Rock Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 612 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gypsum Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 612 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 18.4 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
- 18.6 mi off the Mt. Charleston Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 23 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Calico I · 24 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert "Bob" Price Park: 1.8 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.9 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 1.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 2.4 mi
- Mountain View Park: 2.4 mi
- Frontier Sign: 7.1 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 7.1 mi
- Sahara Sign: 7.1 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 7.1 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 7.1 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 7.5 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 7.5 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 7.6 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 7.7 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 7.9 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lava Butte: 6.0 mi
- Black Cone: 6.0 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 6.3 mi
- Shelby Museum: 5.0 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Neon Museum: 7.1 mi
- Neon Museum: 7.1 mi
- The Mob Museum: 7.5 mi
- grass sand maze: 7.7 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 8.5 mi
- Swm n Pool: 8.6 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 8.6 mi
- Home of ADVENTURES with Christian, RIP: 8.8 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 8.3 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 9.7 mi
- Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden: 9.7 mi
- Campus Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Learning Garden: 9.8 mi
- Great Unconformity: 0.9 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.9 mi
- The Pillars: 11.1 mi
- The Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 0.5 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 5.7 mi
- White Spot Spring: 18.8 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 19.0 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 19.3 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
- Hot Springs: 21.5 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 23.5 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 7.9 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 16.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 20.7 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 23.4 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 16.6 mi
- Boulder Beach: 17.1 mi
- South Beach: 17.4 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 11.5 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 25.0 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shadow Rock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 271° | 2,465 m | 24.8 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | NNW 349° | 2,152 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gass Peak | NW 325° | 2,111 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 346° | 2,018 m | 24.7 mi |
| Turtlehead Peak | W 266° | 1,920 m | 24.1 mi |
| Fossil Ridge | NNW 326° | 1,664 m | 19.5 mi |
| Muddy Peak | ENE 71° | 1,590 m | 18.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 185° | 1,552.05 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
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 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 6 mi away.
- Creosote Bush8 obs
- Brittlebush7 obs
- Thickleaf Groundcherry7 obs
- desert tobacco6 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard5 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy5 obs
- Rock Pigeon4 obs
- Ground Snake4 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/130803788
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 7 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 11 mi
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