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El Rancho de las Golondrinas

El Rancho de las Golondrinas from directly overhead

El Rancho de las Golondrinas is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,850 m. Thompson Peak stands 3,215 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaza Salazar, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off.

About

The story

human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q5351983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.57358, -106.11168

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Museums: 32
  • El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 0.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Reptile and Bug Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Alien Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Thaw Art History Center: 9.4 mi
  • Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Plaza Salazar: 0.0 mi
  • Mountain Village: 0.2 mi
  • The Downs: 2.2 mi
  • F-111 Fighter Jet: 3.5 mi
  • abandoned mine marker: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 17
Springs: 9
  • Yoh toh: 8.4 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Doe Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 18.5 mi
  • Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE 68°3,215 m18.5 mi
Glorieta BaldyENE 73°3,116 m18.3 mi
Sierra PeladaENE 71°2,962 m14.5 mi
Monument RockENE 63°2,830 m18.7 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 64°2,780 m14.8 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 64°2,779 m14.7 mi
Placer MountainSSW 191°2,700 m16.8 mi
Shaggy PeakE 80°2,657 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:5019:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1116:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643506070737165534032
Precip in0.40.40.70.50.60.61.82.01.31.20.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4708774236

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