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Wildwood Park

Wildwood Park from directly overhead

Wildwood Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 686 m. Griffith Peak stands 3,369 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ronzone Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
686 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.19045, -115.21843

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • cornerstone gallery: 4.4 mi
  • Mechan9: 4.5 mi
  • Photo Bang Bang: 4.5 mi
  • Cobalt Gallery: 4.5 mi
  • G gallery: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Springs: 39
  • Red Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Calico Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Ash Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Suburban Crag: 6.2 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Gun Club Right Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 11.5 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 11.7 mi
Museums: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Herb Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Cactus Alley: 2.2 mi
  • Wildlife Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 2.8 mi
  • Joe Zaher: 2.8 mi
  • Swm n Pool: 4.3 mi
  • Classic Vdubs: 4.4 mi
  • GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 10.4 mi
  • Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 18.9 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
  • Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Griffith PeakW 277°3,369 m24.0 mi
Fletcher PeakWNW 287°3,122 m23.4 mi
Harris MountainW 279°3,052 m22.2 mi
Angel PeakWNW 294°2,704 m21.8 mi
Potosi MountainSW 226°2,562 m22.1 mi
La Madre MountainW 277°2,465 m13.5 mi
Mount WilsonWSW 246°2,155 m16.3 mi
Quartzite MountainNNE 19°2,152 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0518:39
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle14 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove8 obs
  • Rock Pigeon8 obs
  • Small Milkweed Bug8 obs
  • Southern Fire Ant8 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird6 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko6 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/1442075528

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