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W. Wayne Bunker Family Park

W. Wayne Bunker Family Park from directly overhead

W. Wayne Bunker Family Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 710 m. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckskin Basin Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
710 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.23250, -115.25490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buckskin Basin Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bloom Apartments Dog Park: 0.8 mi
  • Children's Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Doc Romeo Park: 1.3 mi
  • Durango Hills Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Gravady: 1.8 mi
  • Rock Drop: 5.2 mi
  • Drop: 5.4 mi
  • "X" Marks the Spot: 5.4 mi
  • Boomtown 1905: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 7.7 mi
  • Bow & Arrow Motel Neon Sign: 7.7 mi
  • Neon Museum Sign: 7.7 mi
  • Society Cleaners Neon Sign: 7.7 mi
  • Normandie Motel Neon Sign: 7.7 mi
Springs: 45
  • Calico Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Red Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Ash Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Upper White Blotch Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Lower White Blotch Spring: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 30
  • Suburban Crag: 3.3 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 4.5 mi
  • The Grasshouse: 8.7 mi
  • Insomnia Cave: 8.8 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • The Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 5.7 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Andreas Probst: 3.1 mi
  • Cross for Chad David England (1979-2008): 3.4 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 3.7 mi
  • Joe Zaher: 3.7 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 13.9 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 15.4 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Mary Jane Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Big Falls: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of W. Wayne Bunker Family Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Charleston PeakW 276°3,632 m24.7 mi
Mummy MountainWNW 282°3,454 m22.4 mi
Griffith PeakW 270°3,369 m21.8 mi
Fletcher PeakW 280°3,122 m20.8 mi
Harris MountainW 272°3,052 m19.9 mi
Sheep PeakN 1°2,936 m24.2 mi
Angel PeakWNW 289°2,704 m18.8 mi
Cathedral RockW 274°2,622 m22.1 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle25 obs
  • Mallard12 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard10 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko9 obs
  • Citrus Cicada9 obs
  • Metallic Sweat Bees9 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/479542717

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