Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,183 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Exploration Place, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Fe Botanical Garden
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 2.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.6 mi off the Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway
- 1.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 1 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 2 mi
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 10 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arroyo Trails: 0.2 mi
- Museum Hill: 0.2 mi
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail: 0.3 mi
- Amelia White Park: 0.5 mi
- Atalaya Park: 1.0 mi
- Journey's End: 0.2 mi
- Angel Chair: 0.6 mi
- Acequia Madre: 1.0 mi
- Water Bearers: 1.3 mi
- Earth Mother: 1.3 mi
- Sally's Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sun Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Moon Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cerro Gordo: 1.9 mi
- Talaya Hill: 2.1 mi
- 200th Coast Artillery Marker and Eternal Flame: 1.4 mi
- Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin: 1.5 mi
- New Mexico Public Welfare Building: 1.5 mi
- Prayer of Saint Francis: 1.5 mi
- New Mexico Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Museum of International Folk Art: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: 0.2 mi
- Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Spanish Colonial Art: 0.2 mi
- Santa Fe Children's Museum: 0.7 mi
- Clark Exploration Place: 0.0 mi
- López Horno Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot Locomotive 5030: 1.5 mi
- Allison Dormitory Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Ironstone Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Goede Orchard Garden: 0.0 mi
- Roland Meadow Garden: 0.0 mi
- Xeric Garden: 0.0 mi
- Garden Overlook: 0.1 mi
- Native American Garden: 0.2 mi
- Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 6.5 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 10.1 mi
- Rainy Day Picnic Ground: 13.4 mi
- Windy Bridge Picnic Ground: 13.6 mi
- Dalton Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Alamosa Spring: 14.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 17.2 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 17.9 mi
- Yoh toh: 18.3 mi
- Ancho Spring: 18.5 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 5.6 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 10.3 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 15.6 mi
- Hyde Park Falls: 7.3 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 11.2 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 19.7 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 19.8 mi
- Bonanza City: 12.7 mi
- Buckman: 17.6 mi
- Waldo: 19.5 mi
- Las Ruedas: 19.5 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 17.5 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 17.6 mi
- Devils Throne: 19.0 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Baldy | NE 39° | 3,847 m | 14.9 mi |
| Lake Peak | NE 44° | 3,771 m | 12.6 mi |
| Redondo Peak | NE 37° | 3,766 m | 17.0 mi |
| Penitente Peak | NE 46° | 3,720 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tesuque Peak | NE 45° | 3,656 m | 11.6 mi |
| Aspen Peak | NE 35° | 3,384 m | 11.6 mi |
| Rosilla Peak | ENE 75° | 3,231 m | 17.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | E 86° | 3,215 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 4 mi away.
- tree cholla233 obs
- Apache plume206 obs
- Western Honey Bee164 obs
- House Finch162 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush160 obs
- Colorado Pinyon140 obs
- White-lined Sphinx120 obs
- Spotted Towhee117 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/957686975
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