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Harvey Girls

Harvey Girls from directly overhead

Harvey Girls is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,510 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fallout Shelter, a historic site 0.1 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it.

What the record says

Inscription
In 1883, the Fred Harvey Company hired women to serve in its diners and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Thousands of respectable, intelligent women were recruited from the Midwest and East Coast to come west. Known as Harvey Girls,

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08288, -106.64818

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Lioness and Cubs: 0.8 mi
  • Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.9 mi
  • Lobo Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Lobo Head Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 25
  • Embudo Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.4 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Artesian Well: 11.8 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.2 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.3 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.1 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Harvey Girls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 52°3,255 m14.2 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 46°3,184 m15.1 mi
The NeedleNE 47°3,127 m14.6 mi
The ThumbNE 52°3,081 m13.8 mi
The ChimneyNE 51°3,051 m14.2 mi
TombstoneNE 49°3,048 m14.5 mi
JawboneENE 58°3,014 m14.1 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 78°2,982 m12.6 mi

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10656392379

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