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New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education

New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education from directly overhead

New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,510 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Franciscan Hotel, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08482, -106.65474

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Lioness and Cubs: 0.6 mi
  • Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.6 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 1.0 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.1 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 23
  • Embudo Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Artesian Well: 12.0 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.2 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.2 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 53°3,255 m14.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 47°3,184 m15.3 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m14.8 mi
The ThumbNE 54°3,081 m14.0 mi
The ChimneyNE 52°3,051 m14.4 mi
TombstoneNE 50°3,048 m14.7 mi
JawboneENE 60°3,014 m14.3 mi
South Sandia PeakE 79°2,982 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576574787669574435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5015566599

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