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Corrales Historical Marker

Corrales Historical Marker from directly overhead

Corrales Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,531 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Alehandro Gonzales House Historic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Corrales Road runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1531 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.23782, -106.60669

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Dam Site 1 Bike Path Trailhead Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mission Hills Park: 2.1 mi
  • Alpine Xeric Park: 2.1 mi
  • Veja Baja Park: 2.1 mi
  • Sabana Heights Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Loma Colorado de Abajo: 4.0 mi
  • Juan Tabo Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Loma Coyote: 6.4 mi
  • Rincón Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Rincón High Point: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 50
  • The Bell Keepers: 3.5 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 3.8 mi
  • Rams: 4.1 mi
  • BEER HERE: 4.5 mi
  • Marian Shrine: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 5.5 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Media Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Osha Spring: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 5
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 3.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 10.0 mi
  • Trailhead: 12.1 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Corrales Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestESE 102°3,255 m9.1 mi
North Sandia PeakE 91°3,184 m8.5 mi
The NeedleE 95°3,127 m8.4 mi
The ThumbESE 105°3,081 m8.9 mi
The ChimneyE 101°3,051 m8.8 mi
TombstoneE 98°3,048 m8.7 mi
JawboneESE 109°3,014 m10.2 mi
South Sandia PeakSE 129°2,982 m12.8 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 solstice07:1216:1916:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546372767567554335
Precip in0.60.40.70.50.50.51.41.71.21.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corrales, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Woodhouse's Toad108 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard82 obs
  • American Bullfrog61 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk49 obs
  • Gopher Snake43 obs
  • Coyote42 obs
  • American Bumble Bee40 obs
  • Widow Skimmer37 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/357612261

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