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Meteorite Museum

Meteorite Museum from directly overhead

Meteorite Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 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

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.08298, -106.62294

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parsons Grove: 0.1 mi
  • Yale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tight Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Hokona Courtyard: 0.3 mi
  • Spruce Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Oso Springs: 10.0 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 2.4 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.9 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.1 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 48°3,255 m13.2 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 42°3,184 m14.1 mi
The NeedleNE 43°3,127 m13.6 mi
The ThumbNE 49°3,081 m12.7 mi
The ChimneyNE 47°3,051 m13.1 mi
TombstoneNE 45°3,048 m13.5 mi
JawboneNE 55°3,014 m12.9 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 76°2,982 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374250576676797770584637
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.40.61.61.31.10.90.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366378642

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