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Coronado State Monument Historical Marker

Coronado State Monument Historical Marker from directly overhead

Coronado State Monument Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,554 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Coronado Historic Site, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1554 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.33087, -106.55725

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coronado State Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Blue Arrowhead Park: 1.6 mi
  • Encantado Walk: 1.7 mi
  • Enchanted Hills Park: 1.7 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 52
  • Marian Shrine: 1.2 mi
  • Rams: 7.8 mi
  • The Bell Keepers: 10.4 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 10.5 mi
  • BEER HERE: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 32
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 23
Springs: 21
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Artesian Well: 8.5 mi
  • Osha Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Media Spring: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 14.6 mi
  • South Garden: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 3.9 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 16.4 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 17.4 mi
  • Trailhead: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Coronado State Monument Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestSE 144°3,255 m10.3 mi
North Sandia PeakSE 139°3,184 m8.7 mi
The NeedleSE 142°3,127 m9.0 mi
The ThumbSSE 146°3,081 m10.5 mi
The ChimneySE 144°3,051 m10.0 mi
TombstoneSE 142°3,048 m9.6 mi
JawboneSE 145°3,014 m11.9 mi
South Sandia PeakSSE 154°2,982 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5219:4720:25
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 °F343947546374787669564435
Precip in0.40.40.50.40.40.51.21.91.01.00.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jemez DAM, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gambel's Quail30 obs
  • Fourwing Saltbush30 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade27 obs
  • tree cholla23 obs
  • Say's Phoebe16 obs
  • Wild Turkey15 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird15 obs
  • House Finch15 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/357612043

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