Thomas Leavitt Memorial Park
Thomas Leavitt Memorial Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 465 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesquite Regional Park Trailhead, a park 2.2 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 18 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Hen Spring: 7.7 mi
- Government Spring: 9.3 mi
- North Key West Spring: 10.4 mi
- South Key West Spring: 11.0 mi
- North Water Spring: 13.8 mi
- Virgin Hill: 5.2 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 6.3 mi
- Lead Mine Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Lime Kiln Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Lone Mesa: 11.6 mi
- Mesquite Regional Park Trailhead: 2.2 mi
- Mesquite Rodeo Grounds: 2.4 mi
- Desert Rose Park: 3.5 mi
- Woodbury Park: 3.7 mi
- Pulsipher Park: 3.7 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 3.2 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 6.1 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 8.3 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 11.7 mi
- Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 17.3 mi
- Whitney Pocket Arch: 17.4 mi
- Neapolitan Arch: 17.5 mi
- Jump: 22.8 mi
- Jump: 22.8 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 7.6 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound, Mile 111: 7.6 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 96: 20.9 mi
- Truck Parking, I-15 Southbound, Mile 96: 21.3 mi
- Arizona, Nevada, Utah Tri-state Monument: 16.3 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 24.9 mi
- Hanning Store: 24.9 mi
- School House: 25.0 mi
- Garage: 25.0 mi
- Donkey History Museum: 3.7 mi
- Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: 4.0 mi
- Olshacs Museum: 23.1 mi
- Lost City Museum: 24.0 mi
- Double Negative: 16.1 mi
- Overton Wildlife Management Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thomas Leavitt Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Peak | S 175° | 2,422 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Bangs | E 85° | 2,420 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mormon Peak | NW 304° | 2,254 m | 24.7 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | E 90° | 2,245 m | 17.8 mi |
| Moapa Peak | WNW 288° | 1,955 m | 18.7 mi |
| Low Mountain | E 79° | 1,954 m | 22.7 mi |
| Rust Peak | WNW 297° | 1,940.052 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mud Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,764 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:21 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:44 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 89 | 87 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bunkerville, under a mile away.
- Great-tailed Grackle10 obs
- Cottontop Cactus6 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard5 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad5 obs
- Vermilion Flycatcher4 obs
- Silver Cholla4 obs
- American Rubyspot4 obs
- Utah Agave4 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/166616245
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