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Alvarado Park

Alvarado Park from directly overhead

Alvarado Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,597 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Workers Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.5 miles off.

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Coordinates35.09915, -106.58144

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Workers Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tom Bolack Urban Forest: 0.5 mi
  • Kimo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Beverly Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jerry Cline Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Expo New Mexico: 1.3 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 1.4 mi
  • Sidewinder: 3.1 mi
  • Zia: 3.4 mi
  • LGM-30 Minuteman: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • U Mound: 5.8 mi
  • Twin Peaks North: 7.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 7.7 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 8.2 mi
  • South Sandia Peak: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 54
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
  • Microsoft Original Headquarters Plaque: 1.5 mi
  • USS NM Bell: 2.4 mi
  • New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 3.9 mi
  • Harvey Girls: 3.9 mi
  • Fallout Shelter: 4.0 mi
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Oso Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Winrock Garden: 1.2 mi
  • La Mesa Neighborhood Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Lobo Garden: 2.1 mi
  • South Garden: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 5.0 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 10.5 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 11.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Alvarado Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 44°3,255 m10.7 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 37°3,184 m11.7 mi
The NeedleNE 38°3,127 m11.3 mi
The ThumbNE 45°3,081 m10.2 mi
The ChimneyNE 42°3,051 m10.7 mi
TombstoneNE 41°3,048 m11.1 mi
JawboneNE 53°3,014 m10.3 mi
South Sandia PeakE 80°2,982 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Roadrunner317 obs
  • Long-headed poppy148 obs
  • White-winged Dove141 obs
  • Western Honey Bee134 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher120 obs
  • House Finch116 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk113 obs
  • Western Black Widow109 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/166084508

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