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The Wheels Museum

The Wheels Museum from directly overhead

The Wheels Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,509 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Guadalupe Park, a park 0.2 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.07418, -106.65114

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 26
  • Embudo Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Artesian Well: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 0.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.9 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 50°3,255 m14.8 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 45°3,184 m15.6 mi
The NeedleNE 46°3,127 m15.2 mi
The ThumbNE 51°3,081 m14.3 mi
The ChimneyNE 49°3,051 m14.7 mi
TombstoneNE 48°3,048 m15.1 mi
JawboneENE 57°3,014 m14.5 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 76°2,982 m12.9 mi
Conditions

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 °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/5015591662

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