Historic site · New Mexico
Harvey Girls
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
- On the El Camino Real, National
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 8.3 mi off the Corrales Road
- 14.3 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 12 mi
- Bet's Rock · 12 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Sprayground: 0.3 mi
- Hazeldine Park: 0.4 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Robinson Park: 0.5 mi
- Martineztown Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
- J A Volcano: 7.7 mi
- Black Volcano: 7.8 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 8.1 mi
- Bond Volcano: 8.8 mi
- Butte Volcano: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 47
- 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
Attractions
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 0.7 mi
- Asia: 1.0 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 3.6 mi
Museums: 29
- Turquoise Museum: 0.2 mi
- Telephone Pioneer Museum: 0.2 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 0.4 mi
- H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station: 0.4 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 27
- Fallout Shelter: 0.1 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 0.3 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 0.7 mi
- AT&SF 2926: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Tingley Park: 0.7 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 11.4 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 13.2 mi
Springs: 24
- 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
- Barelas Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 1.4 mi
- Lobo Garden: 1.9 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 2.0 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 2.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- 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
- El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Travertine Falls: 14.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 52° | 3,255 m | 14.2 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 46° | 3,184 m | 15.1 mi |
| The Needle | NE 47° | 3,127 m | 14.6 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 52° | 3,081 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 51° | 3,051 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 49° | 3,048 m | 14.5 mi |
| Jawbone | ENE 58° | 3,014 m | 14.1 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 78° | 2,982 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10656392379
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 0 mi
- Bernalillo · 16 mi
- Cedar Crest · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 26 mi
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