Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden
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.
The story
High school in New Mexico, United States.
Dates from 1946.
Wikidata Q6681861, matched on coordinates and name (67 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 7.6 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.6 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 7 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 17 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 18 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Golondrina: 0.6 mi
- Touch the Sky: 0.8 mi
- Corky: 0.8 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 0.8 mi
- Lucky: 0.9 mi
- South Mesa: 0.8 mi
- North Mesa: 1.3 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 1.7 mi
- Twomile Mesa: 1.7 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 2.1 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 0.8 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 0.9 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 0.9 mi
- Los Alamos Historic Marker: 4.0 mi
- 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
- Alcove: 5.8 mi
- The Narrows: 5.9 mi
- Amphitheater: 6.5 mi
- Alcove House: 6.9 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 12.1 mi
- 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
- Hans Bethe House: 0.9 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 0.9 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 11.2 mi
- Bond House Museum: 15.0 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 17.1 mi
- 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
- Water Canyon pour-off: 9.4 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 12.0 mi
- Bear Jump: 15.7 mi
- Gates of Hell: 16.6 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 20.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 23.4 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 25.0 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 9.0 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 9.3 mi
- Jemez Falls: 17.0 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 17.2 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.8 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 17.7 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
- Rendija Arch: 2.0 mi
- Buckman: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NW 313° | 3,558 m | 10.3 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NNW 336° | 3,517 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 318° | 3,323 m | 10.1 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,265 m | 12.5 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NNW 330° | 3,200 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | W 272° | 3,176 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | NW 312° | 3,169 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | WNW 289° | 3,148 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/860728448
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 7 mi
- Española · 16 mi
- Pojoaque · 16 mi
- Chimayó · 23 mi
- Santa Fe · 25 mi
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