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Tam Park

Tam Park from directly overhead

Tam Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 601 m. Sheep Peak stands 2,936 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Teal Pedals Park, a park 0.7 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
601 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.24478, -115.12916

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Neon Museum Sign: 4.7 mi
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 4.7 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 4.7 mi
  • Cesars Palace Sign: 4.7 mi
  • La Concha Motel Sign: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 58
Cliffs: 29
  • Great Unconformity: 7.5 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 10.3 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 12.0 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 6.2 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 6.2 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 6.2 mi
Springs: 23
  • Gypsum Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Upper White Blotch Spring: 13.5 mi
  • White Spot Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Lower White Blotch Spring: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • grass sand maze: 6.1 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 6.3 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 6.3 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 6.4 mi
  • Andreas Probst: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 12.5 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tam Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep PeakNNW 344°2,936 m24.3 mi
La Madre MountainW 263°2,465 m18.6 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 242°2,155 m22.4 mi
Quartzite MountainN 7°2,152 m17.9 mi
Gass PeakNNW 345°2,111 m11.1 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 241°2,079 m22.5 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 245°2,075 m22.2 mi
Mountain Springs PeakSW 234°2,023 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2419:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:5016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505361687787939183715748
Precip in0.60.80.50.20.20.00.30.30.30.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard27 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle21 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs
  • Sonoran Bumble Bee13 obs
  • Rock Pigeon12 obs
  • Muscovy Duck11 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 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/130771394

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