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Galisteo Basin Preserve

Galisteo Basin Preserve from directly overhead

Galisteo Basin Preserve is a nature reserve in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,920 m. Thompson Peak stands 3,215 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Fe Conservation Trust, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Commonweal Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.45633, -105.93864

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 52
  • El Ortiz Hotel: 3.7 mi
  • Making Travel a Pleasure: 3.8 mi
  • The Iron Backbone of New Mexico: 3.8 mi
  • Hamilton: 3.8 mi
  • Seton Castle: 9.9 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 15
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Yoh toh: 10.3 mi
  • Alamosa Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hyde Park Falls: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Galisteo Basin Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakNNE 26°3,215 m16.7 mi
Glorieta BaldyNNE 30°3,116 m15.6 mi
Sierra PeladaNNE 17°2,962 m13.4 mi
Monument RockNNE 23°2,830 m18.0 mi
Atalaya MountainNNE 14°2,780 m15.0 mi
Atalaya MountainNNE 13°2,779 m15.0 mi
Placer MountainWSW 237°2,700 m15.5 mi
Shaggy PeakNNE 30°2,657 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:5019:4520:23
September equinox06:5218:2919:02
December solstice07:1016:1616:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542495869717063524032
Precip in0.80.70.90.80.90.92.52.21.61.60.91.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE Seton, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree cholla27 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade26 obs
  • Club-cholla24 obs
  • Flaxflowered Ipomopsis15 obs
  • Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany14 obs
  • feather dalea14 obs
  • Dasymutilla vestita14 obs
  • lyre-leaf greeneyes14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/862067498

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