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Official Scenic Historic Marker

Official Scenic Historic Marker from directly overhead

Official Scenic Historic Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,702 m. North Sandia Peak stands 3,184 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mormon Battalion, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
KEWA WOMEN'S CO-OP SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO According to oral and recorded history, the Santo Domingo people have always made and traded jewelry. From prehistoric times heishi, drilled and ground shell beads, have been strung into necklaces. Generations of Sa
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Coordinates35.47504, -106.30877

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
  • Fan Pole: 9.8 mi
  • Horse: 10.5 mi
  • Pen Zia: 14.8 mi
  • Zia: 15.2 mi
  • Kokopelli: 15.3 mi
Parks: 49
  • Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 10.0 mi
  • Cerrillos Children's Park: 10.6 mi
  • Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve: 13.0 mi
  • Las Golondrinas: 13.1 mi
  • Placitas Open Space: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 34
Attractions: 25
Picnic sites: 23
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 17.6 mi
  • Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 18.8 mi
  • Capulin Picnic Ground: 18.9 mi
Springs: 21
  • Cochiti Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Yoh toh: 10.6 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Osha Spring: 17.4 mi
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 7
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Official Scenic Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Sandia PeakSSW3,184 m18.6 mi
The NeedleSSW3,127 m19.1 mi
TombstoneSSW3,048 m19.4 mi
The ProwSSW2,733 m19.0 mi
Capulin PeakSSW2,723 m18.6 mi
Placer MountainSE2,700 m12.4 mi
Palomas PeakSSW2,647 m17.5 mi
Rincón High PointSSW2,523 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:17
June solstice05:5119:4720:24
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1116:1716:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546474787669574435
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.80.72.01.71.41.30.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cochiti DAM, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8426740558

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