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Smith Playground

Smith Playground from directly overhead

Smith Playground is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 750 m. Mummy Mountain stands 3,454 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Community School Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
750 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.16808, -115.25357

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 4.3 mi
  • Mechan9: 4.7 mi
  • Be Scorchd: 4.7 mi
  • Red Ball: 4.7 mi
  • Infinite Ship: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Springs: 41
  • Red Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Calico Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Ash Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Suburban Crag: 5.8 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 6.3 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Moderate Mecca: 9.5 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Provident Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Joe Zaher: 1.1 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 1.1 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 5.5 mi
  • The Rat Pack Memorial Plaque: 5.6 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.5 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 19.7 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Mary Jane Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Big Falls: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Smith Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mummy MountainWNW 293°3,454 m23.8 mi
Griffith PeakWNW 282°3,369 m22.3 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 292°3,122 m22.1 mi
Harris MountainWNW 284°3,052 m20.6 mi
Angel PeakWNW 300°2,704 m20.7 mi
Cathedral RockWNW 285°2,622 m22.9 mi
Potosi MountainSW 225°2,562 m19.7 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 285°2,465 m11.9 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
  • Great-tailed Grackle34 obs
  • Argentine Ant19 obs
  • Rock Pigeon18 obs
  • Southern Fire Ant16 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird12 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove11 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko10 obs
  • Western Honey Bee8 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/945718355

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