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Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden

Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden from directly overhead

Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,219 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is John F Kennedy Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

high school in New Mexico, United States

Dates from 1946.

Wikidata Q6681861, matched on coordinates and name (67 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.88578, -106.31754

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kiva: 0.1 mi
  • Pine Street Playlot: 1.4 mi
  • Los Pueblos Park: 2.8 mi
  • Main Gate Park: 3.6 mi
  • Rocket Park: 7.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
Attractions: 26
Springs: 18
  • Armstead Spring: 4.8 mi
  • American Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Pine Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Apache Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Alamo Spring: 7.7 mi
Museums: 16
Picnic sites: 13
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Camp May: 4.6 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Jemez Falls: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Hot springs: 2
  • Spence Hot Spring: 17.7 mi
  • San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 2.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey RidgeNW 313°3,558 m10.3 mi
Chicoma MountainNNW 336°3,517 m9.2 mi
Cerro ToledoNW 318°3,323 m10.1 mi
South MountainWSW 255°3,265 m12.5 mi
Caballo MountainNNW 330°3,200 m5.4 mi
Pajarito MountainW 272°3,176 m4.7 mi
Cerro RubioNW 312°3,169 m6.3 mi
Cerros del AbrigoWNW 289°3,148 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:17
June solstice05:5019:4820:26
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1316:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442485767706762513931
Precip in0.90.71.00.91.21.22.93.22.01.60.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/860728448

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