Albuquerque
Albuquerque is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Rocky Point stands 237 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Old Town of Union Valley, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 11 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
ghost town of Wilson County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
131 named places within 25 miles
- Site of Old Town of Union Valley: 2.0 mi
- Sandies-Dewville Community: 2.8 mi
- Sandies Chapel Cemetery: 2.8 mi
- Dewville United Methodist Church: 2.9 mi
- Site of Nockemut: 3.2 mi
- Rancho Historic Park: 6.0 mi
- City of Nixon Central Park: 7.4 mi
- Stockdale City Park: 10.3 mi
- Bryce Field: 10.8 mi
- Smiley School Park: 13.4 mi
- Kings Hill: 8.6 mi
- Capote Hills: 9.9 mi
- Capote Knob: 10.5 mi
- Watson Hill: 16.3 mi
- Bald Mound: 16.4 mi
- Pandora: 6.8 mi
- Concrete: 15.5 mi
- Monthalia: 16.4 mi
- Grass Pond Colony: 18.5 mi
- Doseido Colony: 19.1 mi
- Sutherland Springs Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
- Pape Pecan House / Nutcracker Museum: 14.9 mi
- Los Nogales Museum: 16.7 mi
- Heritage Museum: 16.9 mi
- Sebastopol House: 17.2 mi
- Martin Luther Statue: 17.5 mi
- Antique Road Grader: 19.0 mi
- Steelmaker: 19.3 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 20.8 mi
- Denning Spring: 11.1 mi
- Suphur Spring: 13.7 mi
- Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Jackson Nature Park: 13.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Water Garden Gems: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Albuquerque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point | W 260° | 237 m | 23.1 mi |
| Kings Hill | NW 322° | 228 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mill Creek Hills | N 357° | 214 m | 23.2 mi |
| Capote Knob | NNE 17° | 209 m | 10.5 mi |
| Capote Hills | NNE 19° | 181 m | 9.9 mi |
| Marcelinas Hills | SW 233° | 171 m | 20.4 mi |
| Van Cleave Mound | SE 129° | 143 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Mound | SE 136° | 142 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 17:02 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nixon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
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