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Carlos Rey Park

Carlos Rey Park from directly overhead

Carlos Rey Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,595 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Atrisco Village Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.3 miles off.

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Coordinates35.05080, -106.75086

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Atrisco Village Park: 0.3 mi
  • Westgate Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sunrise Terrace Park: 0.6 mi
  • Truman Middle School Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sierra Sunset Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 52
  • Jesus Christ: 3.7 mi
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.7 mi
  • American Flag Roof: 3.8 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 5.0 mi
  • The Rescue: 5.0 mi
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 27
Historic sites: 26
Springs: 20
  • Embudo Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 17.5 mi
  • Oso Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 5.1 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.3 mi
  • El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve: 17.3 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 18.3 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 57°3,255 m20.3 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 52°3,184 m20.9 mi
The NeedleNE 53°3,127 m20.5 mi
The ThumbENE 58°3,081 m19.8 mi
The ChimneyNE 56°3,051 m20.2 mi
TombstoneNE 55°3,048 m20.5 mi
JawboneENE 62°3,014 m20.2 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 75°2,982 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4619:19
June solstice05:5419:4820:25
September equinox06:5618:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2117:00

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374249566574787669574536
Precip in0.40.50.50.60.50.61.51.51.31.00.60.6

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American Beaver27 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade22 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner17 obs
  • White-winged Dove16 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard14 obs
  • Arizona Mantis12 obs
  • House Finch12 obs
  • House Sparrow11 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/170792417

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