Bernalillo Watershed Withdrawal
Bernalillo Watershed Withdrawal is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,774 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the south-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER, a historic site 1.0 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1774 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 3.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.4 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pondorosa Point · 6 mi
- Overlook · 6 mi
- Cañon La Cueva Overlook · 6 mi
- Sandia Peak · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lomos Altos: 2.3 mi
- Rincón Peak: 3.0 mi
- Rincón High Point: 3.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Peak: 3.6 mi
- North Sandia Peak: 4.1 mi
- Placitas Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Bernalillo on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 3.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.1 mi
- Coronado State Monument: 5.0 mi
- Coronado State Monument Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 6.9 mi
- TWA Flight 260: 7.0 mi
- Alehandro Gonzales House Historic Site: 7.9 mi
- Sidewinder: 11.8 mi
- Daniels House: 11.8 mi
- Marian Shrine: 4.0 mi
- In Loving Rememberance of Gary Tisone: 8.8 mi
- Shiny Orb Stone: 8.8 mi
- The Five Stones of the Elena Gallegos: 8.8 mi
- 38 Years of Philip B Tollefsrud: 8.8 mi
- LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER: 1.0 mi
- Coronado Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- La Angostura: 5.8 mi
- Juan Tabo Cabin: 5.9 mi
- BERNALILLO On the Camino Real Historic Marker: 7.4 mi
- Corrales Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum: 9.5 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 10.6 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 10.6 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 12.1 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 4.9 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 5.5 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
- Nine Mile Picnic Ground: 6.2 mi
- Piedra Lisa Spring: 1.0 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 2.4 mi
- Osha Spring: 4.0 mi
- Media Spring: 4.3 mi
- Drinking Fountain Spring: 5.4 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 10.3 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 10.5 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 10.8 mi
- Albuquerque Rose Garden: 13.2 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 13.4 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 6.7 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 12.8 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 17.9 mi
- Trailhead: 18.3 mi
- Travertine Falls: 14.4 mi
- Devils Throne: 22.5 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Bernalillo Watershed Withdrawal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | SSE 161° | 3,255 m | 5.9 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | SSE 159° | 3,184 m | 4.1 mi |
| The Needle | SSE 163° | 3,127 m | 4.5 mi |
| The Thumb | SSE 165° | 3,081 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Chimney | SSE 163° | 3,051 m | 5.6 mi |
| Tombstone | SSE 161° | 3,048 m | 5.1 mi |
| Jawbone | SSE 159° | 3,014 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SSE 166° | 2,982 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placitas 4W, 2 mi away.
- Club-cholla30 obs
- Spinystar19 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus19 obs
- tree cholla19 obs
- Gopher Snake17 obs
- Roundtail Horned Lizard17 obs
- Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus17 obs
- Southwestern Fence Lizard16 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357601453
Day trips start here
- Bernalillo · 4 mi
- Cedar Crest · 14 mi
- Albuquerque · 17 mi
- Madrid · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 23 mi
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