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Bernalillo on the Camino Real Historical Marker

Bernalillo on the Camino Real Historical Marker from directly overhead

Bernalillo on the Camino Real Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,540 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1540 m
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Coordinates35.30003, -106.55019

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 53
  • Marian Shrine: 1.1 mi
  • Rams: 7.2 mi
  • The Bell Keepers: 8.8 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 9.1 mi
  • BEER HERE: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 26
Springs: 21
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Artesian Well: 6.3 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Osha Spring: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 12.6 mi
  • South Garden: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 3.0 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 15.2 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.4 mi
  • Trailhead: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Bernalillo on the Camino Real Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestSE 138°3,255 m8.4 mi
North Sandia PeakSE 130°3,184 m6.9 mi
The NeedleSE 134°3,127 m7.2 mi
The ThumbSE 141°3,081 m8.5 mi
The ChimneySE 138°3,051 m8.1 mi
TombstoneSE 135°3,048 m7.8 mi
JawboneSE 140°3,014 m10.0 mi
South Sandia PeakSSE 151°2,982 m14.1 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 solstice07:1216:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F344048566475787669564335
Precip in0.50.50.50.60.60.41.41.81.31.40.60.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Rancho #1, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Fourwing Saltbush27 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade19 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird16 obs
  • gypsum phacelia16 obs
  • redwhisker clammyweed15 obs
  • Donkey Tail14 obs
  • House Finch14 obs
  • Gambel's Quail13 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 node/357611854

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