Giant Red Arrow
Giant Red Arrow is an artwork in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,569 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1961
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 2.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 7.4 mi off the Corrales Road
- 11.6 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 9 mi
- Bet's Rock · 10 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 10 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Altura Park: 0.4 mi
- Balduini Park: 0.5 mi
- Bel-Air/Miramontes Park: 0.6 mi
- Summit Park: 0.7 mi
- Campo Mañana: 0.8 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 0.9 mi
- Expo New Mexico: 2.2 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 2.9 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Sidewinder: 3.0 mi
- U Mound: 7.1 mi
- Twin Peaks North: 8.7 mi
- Twin Peaks South: 8.9 mi
- Manzano Saddle: 9.2 mi
- J A Volcano: 9.6 mi
- Guardian: 0.5 mi
- Jericho: 1.0 mi
- Thunderbird: 1.5 mi
- Welcome to Burque: 1.5 mi
- Modern Art: 1.6 mi
- The Grand Lodge Library & Museum: 1.3 mi
- University Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- UNM Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Museum of Southwestern Biology: 1.6 mi
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: 1.7 mi
- Tingley Park: 3.5 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 8.6 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 10.5 mi
- USS NM Bell: 1.5 mi
- Microsoft Original Headquarters Plaque: 2.4 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 2.6 mi
- Harvey Girls: 2.8 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 2.8 mi
- Embudo Spring: 8.0 mi
- Oso Springs: 8.6 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 9.0 mi
- Artesian Well: 9.3 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 9.4 mi
- Lobo Garden: 1.3 mi
- South Garden: 1.4 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 1.4 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 1.7 mi
- Winrock Garden: 2.5 mi
- Trailhead: 4.0 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 12.7 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 12.8 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Travertine Falls: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Giant Red Arrow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 50° | 3,255 m | 11.5 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 42° | 3,184 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Needle | NE 43° | 3,127 m | 11.9 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 50° | 3,081 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 48° | 3,051 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 46° | 3,048 m | 11.8 mi |
| Jawbone | ENE 58° | 3,014 m | 11.3 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | E 83° | 2,982 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1215154437
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 3 mi
- Cedar Crest · 13 mi
- Bernalillo · 14 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Los Lunas · 22 mi
- Edgewood · 23 mi
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