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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker

Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New MexicoCamerafiend · CC BY-SA 3.0
Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site in New Mexico
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Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,511 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosenwald Building Historic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

About

The story

park in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States

Wikidata Q49472096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1511 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.08454, -106.65116

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Lioness and Cubs: 0.7 mi
  • Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.8 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 1.2 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.3 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.3 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 25
  • Embudo Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 11.8 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.2 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.2 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 53°3,255 m14.3 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 46°3,184 m15.1 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m14.7 mi
The ThumbNE 53°3,081 m13.9 mi
The ChimneyNE 51°3,051 m14.2 mi
TombstoneNE 50°3,048 m14.6 mi
JawboneENE 59°3,014 m14.1 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 79°2,982 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374250576676797770584637
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.40.61.61.31.10.90.60.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357611919

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