University Art Museum
University Art Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,577 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is UNM Art Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
The story
The University of New Mexico Art Museum (sometimes referred to as the University Art Museum or UNM Art Museum) is an art museum at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The museum's permanent collection includes nearly 30,000 objects, making it the largest collection of fine art in New Mexico.
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Dates from 1963.
Wikidata Q7895911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1577 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of New Mexico
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.5 mi off the Corrales Road
- 13.1 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 10 mi
- Bet's Rock · 10 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yale Park: 0.1 mi
- Parsons Grove: 0.2 mi
- Hokona Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- Tight Grove: 0.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 2.3 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.5 mi
- Asia: 2.6 mi
- U Mound: 7.9 mi
- Manzano Saddle: 9.0 mi
- Twin Peaks North: 9.1 mi
- J A Volcano: 9.1 mi
- Twin Peaks South: 9.3 mi
- Modern Art: 0.0 mi
- Fiesta Dancers: 0.0 mi
- Tribute to Mother Earth: 0.1 mi
- WW2 Lobo Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Cubicion: 0.2 mi
- UNM Art Museum: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Southwestern Biology: 0.1 mi
- Meteorite Museum: 0.2 mi
- Silver Family Geology Museum: 0.2 mi
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology: 0.3 mi
- USS NM Bell: 0.1 mi
- Harvey Girls: 1.6 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 1.6 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.8 mi
- Tingley Park: 2.2 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 10.1 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 12.1 mi
- Embudo Spring: 8.9 mi
- Oso Springs: 9.9 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 10.3 mi
- Artesian Well: 10.9 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 0.2 mi
- Lobo Garden: 0.4 mi
- International District Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- South Garden: 2.9 mi
- Trailhead: 2.6 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.1 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 13.9 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Travertine Falls: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of University Art Museum. 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 41° | 3,184 m | 14.0 mi |
| The Needle | NE 42° | 3,127 m | 13.5 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 48° | 3,081 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 46° | 3,051 m | 13.0 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 | 11.0 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366378579
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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