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Japanese Memorial Garden

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Elevation, modelled
1,660 m
Tallest summit within 23.3 miles
Sandia Crest3,255 m · 7.1 mi
Nearest byway
Historic Route 664.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:25local time
Coordinates
35.1534, -106.5551
Japanese Memorial Garden from directly overhead

Japanese Memorial Garden is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled 1,660 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Oasis Teaching Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.1 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Japanese Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 57°3,255 m7.1 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 44°3,184 m7.9 mi
The NeedleNE 47°3,127 m7.5 mi
The ThumbENE 58°3,081 m6.7 mi
The ChimneyNE 54°3,051 m7.0 mi
TombstoneNE 51°3,048 m7.4 mi
JawboneENE 70°3,014 m7.2 mi
South Sandia PeakESE 108°2,982 m7.4 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 51
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 4 mi away.

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

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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