Museum · New Mexico

Meteorite Museum

Elevation, modelled: 1,574 m
Tallest summit within 23.1 miles: Sandia Crest3,255 m · 13.2 mi
Nearest byway: Historic Route 66on it
Sunset, June solstice: 20:25local time
Coordinates: 35.0830, -106.6229

Meteorite Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled 1,574 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Family Geology Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

The Meteorite Museum is located in Northrop Hall on the Main Campus of the University of New Mexico. It houses many meteorites from the extensive collection of the Institute of Meteoritics. The highlight of the Museum is a one-ton piece of the stony meteo

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Meteorite Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Sandia Crest	NE 48°	3,255 m	13.2 mi
North Sandia Peak	NE 42°	3,184 m	14.1 mi
The Needle	NE 43°	3,127 m	13.6 mi
The Thumb	NE 49°	3,081 m	12.7 mi
The Chimney	NE 47°	3,051 m	13.1 mi
Tombstone	NE 45°	3,048 m	13.5 mi
Jawbone	NE 55°	3,014 m	12.9 mi
South Sandia Peak	ENE 76°	2,982 m	11.2 mi