Cielo Vista Park
Cielo Vista Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,729 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Dog Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Corrales Road passes 5.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1729 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Corrales Road
- 6.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 7.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.5 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pondorosa Point · 15 mi
- Cañon La Cueva Overlook · 15 mi
- Sandia Peak · 16 mi
- Upper La Cueva Canyon, La Luz Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Dog Park: 0.5 mi
- Rainbow Park: 0.5 mi
- Sugar Park: 0.9 mi
- Star Heights Park: 1.1 mi
- Los Diamantes Park: 1.7 mi
- Loma Colorado de Abajo: 3.7 mi
- Loma Duran: 5.1 mi
- Loma Coyote: 5.7 mi
- Butte Volcano: 6.3 mi
- Bond Volcano: 6.8 mi
- Petroglyphs: 4.2 mi
- Petroglyphs: 4.4 mi
- Petroglyphs: 4.4 mi
- Petroglyphs: 4.4 mi
- Petroglyphs: 4.4 mi
- Rams: 3.2 mi
- Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 4.5 mi
- The Bell Keepers: 6.1 mi
- BEER HERE: 7.4 mi
- Compass Rose: 7.9 mi
- Corrales Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum: 8.1 mi
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center: 10.1 mi
- New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History: 10.8 mi
- McIlhaney Dairy: 8.7 mi
- BERNALILLO On the Camino Real Historic Marker: 9.9 mi
- AT&SF 2926: 10.7 mi
- Coronado Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 11.5 mi
- Tingley Park: 12.2 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 13.6 mi
- Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Artesian Well: 12.1 mi
- Drinking Fountain Spring: 13.8 mi
- Piedra Lisa Spring: 14.1 mi
- Media Spring: 15.8 mi
- Osha Spring: 16.2 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 3.2 mi
- Curandera Garden: 10.8 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 10.9 mi
- South Garden: 10.9 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 10.9 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 6.5 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 7.4 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Trailhead: 12.8 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 21.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 21.4 mi
- Standing Rock: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Cielo Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | E 99° | 3,255 m | 15.6 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | E 93° | 3,184 m | 15.1 mi |
| The Needle | E 95° | 3,127 m | 15.0 mi |
| The Thumb | E 101° | 3,081 m | 15.5 mi |
| The Chimney | E 99° | 3,051 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tombstone | E 97° | 3,048 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jawbone | ESE 104° | 3,014 m | 16.7 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ESE 118° | 2,982 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Rancho #2, 5 mi away.
- Greater Roadrunner17 obs
- Southwestern Fence Lizard16 obs
- Gambel's Quail12 obs
- tree cholla9 obs
- Say's Phoebe8 obs
- silverleaf nightshade8 obs
- gypsum phacelia7 obs
- Mourning Dove6 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 way/433221572
Day trips start here
- Bernalillo · 10 mi
- Albuquerque · 12 mi
- Cedar Crest · 22 mi
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