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Barstow Park

Barstow Park from directly overhead

Barstow Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,665 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Chavez Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.17185, -106.55220

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Juan Tabo Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Whiskey Peak: 5.8 mi
  • The Thumb: 6.0 mi
  • Rincón Peak: 6.2 mi
  • The Sentinel: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 51
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 3.6 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Oso Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 4.5 mi
  • South Garden: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 8.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
  • Trailhead: 9.4 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 10.3 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Barstow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 65°3,255 m6.4 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 51°3,184 m6.9 mi
The NeedleNE 54°3,127 m6.5 mi
The ThumbENE 68°3,081 m6.0 mi
The ChimneyENE 63°3,051 m6.2 mi
TombstoneENE 59°3,048 m6.5 mi
JawboneE 80°3,014 m6.7 mi
South Sandia PeakESE 117°2,982 m7.7 mi

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 solstice07:1216:1916:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 4 mi away.

  • Southwestern Fence Lizard80 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner59 obs
  • Western Honey Bee56 obs
  • American Bumble Bee53 obs
  • Apache plume40 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch35 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk35 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/165882129

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