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Roadrunner

Roadrunner from directly overhead

Roadrunner is an artwork in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,019 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pueblo del Sol Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.62417, -105.99517

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pueblo del Sol Park: 0.4 mi
  • Villa Sonata Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ted Swisher Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Park Plazas Tennis Courts: 0.9 mi
  • Nava Adé Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Fluid Theory IV.b: 0.8 mi
  • Steel with blue donut on top: 0.8 mi
  • Subtracted Faces in Blue: 0.8 mi
  • Colored Shapes: 0.8 mi
  • Before The Break: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 33
Attractions: 27
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 8
  • Yoh toh: 13.8 mi
  • Soda Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.8 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Roadrunner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyNE 43°3,847 m19.6 mi
Lake PeakNE 46°3,771 m17.3 mi
Penitente PeakNE 48°3,720 m17.6 mi
Tesuque PeakNE 47°3,656 m16.3 mi
Aspen PeakNE 40°3,384 m16.2 mi
Thompson PeakENE 73°3,215 m11.1 mi
Glorieta BaldyE 80°3,116 m11.1 mi
Sierra PeladaE 81°2,962 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9805356364

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