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Tonopah Park

Tonopah Park from directly overhead

Tonopah Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 583 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard Walpole Senior Citizens Park, a park 0.2 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
583 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.19242, -115.13621

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Neon Museum Sign: 1.0 mi
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 1.1 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 1.1 mi
  • La Concha Motel Sign: 1.1 mi
  • Cesars Palace Sign: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 59
Cliffs: 31
  • Great Unconformity: 7.1 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 8.8 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 9.4 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 10.3 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 11.4 mi
Museums: 27
Springs: 27
  • Gypsum Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Red Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Calico Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Ash Spring: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 3.4 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 3.4 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • grass sand maze: 2.5 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.7 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 2.8 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 2.8 mi
  • Siegfried & Roy Monument: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 9.0 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
La Madre MountainW 275°2,465 m18.1 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 251°2,155 m20.6 mi
Quartzite MountainN 7°2,152 m21.6 mi
Gass PeakN 350°2,111 m14.6 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 249°2,079 m20.6 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 254°2,075 m20.6 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWSW 241°2,023 m22.1 mi
Bridge MountainW 259°1,968 m20.2 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon63 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle54 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird19 obs
  • House Finch17 obs
  • House Sparrow15 obs
  • Pallid-winged Grasshopper13 obs
  • Plexippoides flavescens12 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 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/247752659

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