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Telephone Pioneer Museum

Telephone Pioneer Museum from directly overhead

Telephone Pioneer Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,532 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
1532 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08510, -106.65140

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Lioness and Cubs: 0.7 mi
  • Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.8 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 1.2 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.2 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 25
  • Embudo Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 11.8 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.3 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.2 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Telephone Pioneer Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 53°3,255 m14.3 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 47°3,184 m15.1 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m14.7 mi
The ThumbNE 53°3,081 m13.9 mi
The ChimneyNE 52°3,051 m14.2 mi
TombstoneNE 50°3,048 m14.6 mi
JawboneENE 59°3,014 m14.1 mi
South Sandia PeakE 79°2,982 m12.7 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366378561

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