Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is a museum in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,577 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cubicion, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
The story
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is an anthropology museum located on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The museum was founded in 1932 as the Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico, becoming the first public museum in Albuquerque. In 1972 it was renamed the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in honor of philanthropists Dorothy and Gilbert Maxwell.
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Dates from 1932.
Wikidata Q6796138, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1577 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- UNM
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.3 mi off the Corrales Road
- 13.2 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 11 mi
- Bet's Rock · 11 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tight Grove: 0.2 mi
- Parsons Grove: 0.3 mi
- Spruce Park: 0.3 mi
- Yale Park: 0.3 mi
- Hokona Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 2.0 mi
- Asia: 2.3 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.5 mi
- U Mound: 8.2 mi
- J A Volcano: 8.8 mi
- Black Volcano: 9.0 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 9.2 mi
- Manzano Saddle: 9.3 mi
- Cubicion: 0.1 mi
- Tribute to Mother Earth: 0.2 mi
- Lobo Head Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Lobo Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Thunderbird: 0.3 mi
- Silver Family Geology Museum: 0.2 mi
- Meteorite Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Southwestern Biology: 0.2 mi
- UNM Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- University Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- USS NM Bell: 0.3 mi
- Harvey Girls: 1.3 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 1.4 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.5 mi
- Tingley Park: 2.0 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 10.2 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 12.2 mi
- Embudo Spring: 9.2 mi
- Oso Springs: 10.1 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 10.5 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 10.6 mi
- Artesian Well: 10.9 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 0.2 mi
- Lobo Garden: 0.6 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- International District Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- South Garden: 2.8 mi
- Trailhead: 2.4 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.7 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.0 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Travertine Falls: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 49° | 3,255 m | 13.1 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 42° | 3,184 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Needle | NE 44° | 3,127 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 49° | 3,081 m | 12.7 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 48° | 3,051 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 46° | 3,048 m | 13.5 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 56° | 3,014 m | 12.9 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 77° | 2,982 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366378668
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 1 mi
- Cedar Crest · 14 mi
- Bernalillo · 15 mi
- Central New Mexico · 19 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 25 mi
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