Village Vista

Village Vista sits at 5,760 feet along the Turquoise Trail, with the land dropping 70 feet over the next 600 meters. Looking south-southwest, the Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site is visible 0.4 miles away at 5,691 feet, with the Cerrillos Children's Park a tenth of a mile beyond it at 5,684 feet. Waldo Mesa rises to the southwest, 2.2 miles out at 6,131 feet. Santa Fe lies 19.9 miles to the north-northeast, while Rio Rancho and Albuquerque are farther off to the west-southwest and southwest, at 32.9 and 38.7 miles respectively. Sunrise and sunset times vary through the year: on the June solstice the sun rises at 05:50 and sets at 20:24, while on the December solstice it rises at 07:11 and sets at 16:56. At the equinoxes, sunrise falls near 07:00 and sunset near 19:00. Pino Canyon Overlook precedes this stop along the route.