Castetter Greenhouse
Castetter Greenhouse is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,574 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Meteorite Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.5 mi off the Corrales Road
- 13.2 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 11 mi
- Bet's Rock · 11 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parsons Grove: 0.1 mi
- Yale Park: 0.1 mi
- Tight Grove: 0.2 mi
- Hokona Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Spruce Park: 0.5 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 2.1 mi
- Asia: 2.4 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.6 mi
- U Mound: 8.0 mi
- J A Volcano: 9.0 mi
- Manzano Saddle: 9.1 mi
- Black Volcano: 9.1 mi
- Twin Peaks North: 9.2 mi
- Tribute to Mother Earth: 0.1 mi
- Cubicion: 0.1 mi
- Lobo Head Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Modern Art: 0.2 mi
- Fiesta Dancers: 0.2 mi
- Meteorite Museum: 0.0 mi
- Silver Family Geology Museum: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Southwestern Biology: 0.1 mi
- UNM Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- University Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- USS NM Bell: 0.2 mi
- Harvey Girls: 1.4 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 1.5 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 1.6 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.7 mi
- Tingley Park: 2.1 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 10.2 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 12.2 mi
- Embudo Spring: 9.1 mi
- Oso Springs: 10.0 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 10.5 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 10.5 mi
- Artesian Well: 11.0 mi
- Lobo Garden: 0.5 mi
- International District Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- South Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 3.0 mi
- Trailhead: 2.4 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.9 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Travertine Falls: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Castetter Greenhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 48° | 3,255 m | 13.2 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 42° | 3,184 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Needle | NE 43° | 3,127 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 48° | 3,081 m | 12.7 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 47° | 3,051 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 45° | 3,048 m | 13.5 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 55° | 3,014 m | 12.9 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 76° | 2,982 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Greater Roadrunner1,245 obs
- American Robin1,031 obs
- Mallard870 obs
- Rock Pigeon832 obs
- Western Honey Bee770 obs
- White-winged Dove502 obs
- American Bumble Bee475 obs
- Desert Cottontail451 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/471556738
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 2 mi
- Cedar Crest · 14 mi
- Bernalillo · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 19 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 24 mi
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