Skip to content
Byway
Artwork · New Mexico

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs from directly overhead

Dinosaurs is an artwork in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,958 m. Tesuque Peak stands 3,656 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. Turquoise Trail runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
spray_foam
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.60377, -106.03213

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Puerta Solita Park: 1.0 mi
  • La Entrada Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Village Park Plaza: 1.3 mi
  • Turquoise Trail Park: 1.4 mi
  • Las Soleras Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Museums: 33
Attractions: 27
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 9
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 17.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Yoh toh: 11.6 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 15.1 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Soda Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Dinosaurs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tesuque PeakNE 48°3,656 m18.8 mi
Aspen PeakNE 42°3,384 m18.6 mi
Thompson PeakENE 69°3,215 m13.5 mi
Glorieta BaldyENE 76°3,116 m13.5 mi
Sierra PeladaENE 74°2,962 m9.6 mi
Monument RockENE 62°2,830 m13.7 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 63°2,780 m9.8 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 63°2,779 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:16
June solstice05:5019:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1116:1616:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303542485767716962513930
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.90.92.32.01.41.30.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9733296971

More artworks in New Mexico

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore artworks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Dinosaurs.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens