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ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden)

ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden) from directly overhead

ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden) is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,510 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Model Railroad Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

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Coordinates35.09327, -106.68085

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Children's Fantasy Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Butterfly Pavillion (seasonal): 0.1 mi
  • Conservatories: 0.1 mi
  • BUGarium: 0.1 mi
  • New Mexico Habitats: 0.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • The Rescue: 0.1 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 0.6 mi
  • Cervantes: 0.8 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 0.8 mi
  • American Flag Roof: 1.2 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 21
  • Embudo Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Artesian Well: 12.6 mi
  • Oso Springs: 13.0 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.9 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 6.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 58°3,255 m15.4 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 52°3,184 m16.0 mi
The NeedleNE 53°3,127 m15.6 mi
The ThumbENE 59°3,081 m14.9 mi
The ChimneyENE 57°3,051 m15.3 mi
TombstoneNE 56°3,048 m15.6 mi
JawboneENE 64°3,014 m15.3 mi
South Sandia PeakE 82°2,982 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576574787669574435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Duck592 obs
  • Mallard541 obs
  • Canada Goose467 obs
  • Pond Slider363 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade329 obs
  • North American Porcupine324 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard306 obs
  • American Coot283 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/1788029997

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