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UNM Art Museum

UNM Art Museum from directly overhead

UNM Art Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,576 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is University Art Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
University of New Mexico

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08247, -106.62047

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Yale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Parsons Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Hokona Courtyard: 0.3 mi
  • Tight Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Oso Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Artesian Well: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 2.6 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.1 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
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 48°3,255 m13.1 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 41°3,184 m14.0 mi
The NeedleNE 42°3,127 m13.6 mi
The ThumbNE 48°3,081 m12.6 mi
The ChimneyNE 46°3,051 m13.0 mi
TombstoneNE 45°3,048 m13.4 mi
JawboneNE 55°3,014 m12.8 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 76°2,982 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12387534789

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