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LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER

LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER from directly overhead

LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,750 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the south-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bernalillo Watershed Withdrawal, a park 1.0 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
The Sandia Mountains have been occupied by human beings for thousands of years. This area was settled by 1767, when Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta made the land grant known as La Merced de San Antonio de las Huertas. The area is called "las . . .
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Coordinates35.30113, -106.47181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 53
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
  • Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 5.7 mi
  • Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 5.7 mi
  • Family Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
  • Nine Mile Picnic Ground: 6.6 mi
  • Capulin Picnic Ground: 6.6 mi
Springs: 22
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Osha Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Media Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 7.3 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 13.2 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 18.8 mi
  • Trailhead: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestSSE 169°3,255 m6.4 mi
North Sandia PeakS 169°3,184 m4.6 mi
The NeedleS 172°3,127 m5.1 mi
The ThumbS 172°3,081 m6.8 mi
The ChimneyS 171°3,051 m6.2 mi
TombstoneS 169°3,048 m5.7 mi
JawboneSSE 165°3,014 m8.0 mi
South Sandia PeakS 169°2,982 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5219:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:04
December solstice07:1216:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047556474777568564335
Precip in0.50.50.70.60.60.61.72.01.11.10.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placitas 4W, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6415231422

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