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Santa Fe Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Santa Fe Vietnam Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Santa Fe Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,076 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 0.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Erected by VFW post
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.68358, -105.97032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Peaks
Museums: 34
Attractions: 31
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 9
  • Soda Springs: 14.6 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Alamosa Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Doe Springs: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Santa Fe Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyNE 49°3,847 m15.7 mi
Lake PeakNE 55°3,771 m13.6 mi
Redondo PeakNE 46°3,766 m17.6 mi
Penitente PeakNE 56°3,720 m13.9 mi
Tesuque PeakENE 56°3,656 m12.7 mi
Aspen PeakNE 48°3,384 m12.3 mi
Thompson PeakE 95°3,215 m9.2 mi
Glorieta BaldyESE 103°3,116 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:1116:1516:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303542485767716962513930
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.90.92.32.01.41.30.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/686368793

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