Valley View Park
Valley View Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 610 m. La Madre Mountain stands 2,465 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Carson Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 11.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Calico I · 16 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carson Playground: 0.3 mi
- Kyle Ranch Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Doolittle Park: 0.5 mi
- Kiel Ranch: 0.6 mi
- Lubertha Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 1.5 mi
- Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 1.5 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 1.5 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 1.5 mi
- Tropicana Sign: 1.5 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 1.8 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 1.9 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 1.9 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 2.0 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 2.4 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.4 mi
- Lone Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 10.8 mi
- Great Unconformity: 7.7 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Suburban Crag: 9.7 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 10.0 mi
- Gun Club Left Wall: 10.8 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Neon Museum: 1.5 mi
- Neon Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Mob Museum: 1.7 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 2.0 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 7.9 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 13.1 mi
- Red Spring: 15.7 mi
- Calico Spring: 15.8 mi
- Ash Spring: 16.1 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 2.6 mi
- Palm Oasis: 3.1 mi
- Cactus Alley: 3.1 mi
- Teaching Garden: 3.1 mi
- Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.1 mi
- grass sand maze: 2.8 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 2.9 mi
- Swm n Pool: 2.9 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 3.0 mi
- Siegfried & Roy Monument: 5.3 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 10.8 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 11.1 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 16.3 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 19.6 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 22.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 22.6 mi
- South Beach: 22.9 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 9.4 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 20.5 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Valley View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madre Mountain | W 274° | 2,465 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 249° | 2,155 m | 20.2 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | N 9° | 2,152 m | 21.3 mi |
| Gass Peak | N 352° | 2,111 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | WSW 248° | 2,079 m | 20.2 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 252° | 2,075 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | WSW 239° | 2,023 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 3° | 2,018 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 76 | 86 | 92 | 90 | 82 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle41 obs
- Rock Pigeon40 obs
- House Finch15 obs
- Northern Mockingbird13 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper11 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis10 obs
- House Sparrow9 obs
- Keeled Rock Gecko7 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/849642472
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 2 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 6 mi
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