Museum of Southwestern Biology
Museum of Southwestern Biology is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,575 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tribute to Mother Earth, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
The story
The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology of the University of New Mexico (UNM). The museum's collections include vascular plants, invertebrates and vertebrates from the American West, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. It is open to visitors by appointment. The museum is thought to hold the largest collection of frozen tissue samples (500,000+) in the western hemisphere and has assisted in the study of emerging zoonotic pathogens such as the orthohantavirus and the Lassa mammarenavirus.
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Dates from 1928.
Wikidata Q22060898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of New Mexico
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.4 mi off the Corrales Road
- 13.2 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 10 mi
- Bet's Rock · 11 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yale Park: 0.1 mi
- Parsons Grove: 0.1 mi
- Tight Grove: 0.3 mi
- Hokona Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- Spruce Park: 0.5 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 2.2 mi
- Asia: 2.5 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.6 mi
- U Mound: 8.0 mi
- J A Volcano: 9.0 mi
- Manzano Saddle: 9.1 mi
- Black Volcano: 9.2 mi
- Twin Peaks North: 9.2 mi
- Tribute to Mother Earth: 0.0 mi
- Cubicion: 0.1 mi
- Modern Art: 0.1 mi
- Fiesta Dancers: 0.1 mi
- Lobo Head Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Silver Family Geology Museum: 0.1 mi
- Meteorite Museum: 0.1 mi
- UNM Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- University Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: 0.2 mi
- USS NM Bell: 0.1 mi
- Harvey Girls: 1.5 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 1.5 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.7 mi
- Tingley Park: 2.1 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 10.1 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 12.2 mi
- Embudo Spring: 9.0 mi
- Oso Springs: 9.9 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 10.4 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 10.4 mi
- Artesian Well: 10.9 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 0.1 mi
- Lobo Garden: 0.5 mi
- International District Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- South Garden: 2.9 mi
- Trailhead: 2.5 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.0 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.0 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Travertine Falls: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Museum of Southwestern Biology. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 48° | 3,255 m | 13.1 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 42° | 3,184 m | 14.0 mi |
| The Needle | NE 43° | 3,127 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 48° | 3,081 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 47° | 3,051 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 45° | 3,048 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 55° | 3,014 m | 12.8 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 76° | 2,982 m | 11.1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4359637058
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 2 mi
- Cedar Crest · 14 mi
- Bernalillo · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 19 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 24 mi
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