H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station
H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,524 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
filling station in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q55614070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Albuquerque Conservation Association
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 0.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.6 mi off the Corrales Road
- 14.2 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 12 mi
- Bet's Rock · 12 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park: 0.2 mi
- Guadalupe Park: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.6 mi
- Martineztown Park: 0.6 mi
- Hazeldine Park: 0.6 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 1.1 mi
- Asia: 1.3 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 3.5 mi
- J A Volcano: 8.1 mi
- Black Volcano: 8.3 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 8.5 mi
- U Mound: 9.1 mi
- Bond Volcano: 9.2 mi
- Lobo Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Lobo Head Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Cubicion: 1.0 mi
- Tribute to Mother Earth: 1.1 mi
- Thunderbird: 1.1 mi
- Harvey Girls: 0.4 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 0.5 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 0.8 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.0 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 0.7 mi
- Telephone Pioneer Museum: 0.7 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 0.8 mi
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: 1.0 mi
- Tingley Park: 1.0 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 11.2 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 13.1 mi
- Embudo Spring: 10.1 mi
- Oso Springs: 11.1 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 11.5 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 11.6 mi
- Artesian Well: 11.8 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 1.1 mi
- Lobo Garden: 1.6 mi
- International District Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 2.4 mi
- Trailhead: 1.4 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.5 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 50° | 3,255 m | 14.1 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 44° | 3,184 m | 15.0 mi |
| The Needle | NE 45° | 3,127 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 51° | 3,081 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 49° | 3,051 m | 14.0 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 47° | 3,048 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jawbone | ENE 57° | 3,014 m | 13.9 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 77° | 2,982 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 06000633OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Huning Highlands Conoco Service Station, reference 06000633, listed 07/19/06.
OpenStreetMap element way/282337319
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 1 mi
- Cedar Crest · 15 mi
- Bernalillo · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 25 mi
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