Memorial Rose Garden
Memorial Rose Garden is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,235 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Alamos History Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 4.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 7.3 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 7 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 18 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 18 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 0.1 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 0.1 mi
- Lucky: 0.1 mi
- Roadrunner: 0.1 mi
- Touch the Sky: 0.1 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 0.1 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 0.2 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 0.2 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 0.5 mi
- Kiva: 1.0 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 2.1 mi
- Main Gate Park: 2.7 mi
- Rocket Park: 6.4 mi
- South Mesa: 0.6 mi
- North Mesa: 0.9 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 1.7 mi
- Twomile Mesa: 2.0 mi
- Pajarito Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Alcove: 5.6 mi
- The Narrows: 5.7 mi
- Amphitheater: 6.1 mi
- Alcove House: 6.5 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 12.6 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 0.0 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 0.1 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 10.3 mi
- Bond House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 16.2 mi
- Pine Spring: 5.2 mi
- Armstead Spring: 5.4 mi
- American Spring: 5.5 mi
- Apache Spring: 6.4 mi
- Doe Springs: 7.6 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Camp May: 5.5 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 13.3 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 8.7 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 12.3 mi
- Bear Jump: 16.0 mi
- Gates of Hell: 16.6 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 21.2 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 8.8 mi
- Jemez Falls: 17.8 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 24.9 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 16.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 18.5 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.5 mi
- Rendija Arch: 2.7 mi
- Buckman: 8.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Memorial Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NW 311° | 3,558 m | 11.1 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NNW 332° | 3,517 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 315° | 3,323 m | 10.9 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NW 324° | 3,200 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | W 274° | 3,176 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | NW 308° | 3,169 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | WNW 289° | 3,148 m | 10.4 mi |
| Indian Point | NW 311° | 3,118 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 2 mi away.
- Mule Deer269 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker107 obs
- Pygmy Nuthatch92 obs
- Western Bluebird85 obs
- great mullein83 obs
- prairie pasqueflower83 obs
- Canyon Towhee78 obs
- House Finch78 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/1218115792
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 7 mi
- Española · 16 mi
- Pojoaque · 16 mi
- Chimayó · 22 mi
- Santa Fe · 24 mi
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