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Walker Park

Walker Park from directly overhead

Walker Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 653 m. Angel Peak stands 2,704 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Pool, a park 0.7 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
653 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.20982, -115.17444

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Silver Slipper Neon Sign: 3.1 mi
  • Neon Museum Sign: 3.1 mi
  • Bow & Arrow Motel Neon Sign: 3.1 mi
  • Ugly Duckling Sign: 3.2 mi
  • Tropicana Sign: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 29
  • Suburban Crag: 8.0 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 9.3 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 10.9 mi
Springs: 29
  • Gypsum Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Red Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Calico Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Ash Spring: 14.7 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 25
  • Cactus Alley: 3.0 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Palm Oasis: 3.0 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 3.9 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 3.9 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 4.0 mi
  • grass sand maze: 4.2 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.6 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Walker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Angel PeakWNW 289°2,704 m23.6 mi
La Madre MountainW 271°2,465 m15.9 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 245°2,155 m19.0 mi
Quartzite MountainNNE 13°2,152 m20.8 mi
Gass PeakN 359°2,111 m13.2 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakWSW 244°2,079 m19.1 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 248°2,075 m19.0 mi
Mountain Springs PeakSW 235°2,023 m21.0 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 °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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle10 obs
  • Keeled Rock Gecko6 obs
  • Western Pygmy-Blue6 obs
  • Mediterranean Mantis6 obs
  • Rock Pigeon4 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard4 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird3 obs
  • Small Milkweed Bug3 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/293552449

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