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Cougar Club Athletic Field

Cougar Club Athletic Field from directly overhead

Cougar Club Athletic Field is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,546 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Grand Lodge Library & Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1546 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.09644, -106.62919

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
Springs: 24
  • Embudo Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Oso Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Artesian Well: 10.4 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Castetter Greenhouse: 1.0 mi
  • Lobo Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Barelas Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • South Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 2.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.2 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Cougar Club Athletic Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 52°3,255 m12.8 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 45°3,184 m13.7 mi
The NeedleNE 47°3,127 m13.2 mi
The ThumbNE 53°3,081 m12.4 mi
The ChimneyNE 51°3,051 m12.8 mi
TombstoneNE 49°3,048 m13.1 mi
JawboneENE 60°3,014 m12.7 mi
South Sandia PeakE 81°2,982 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576574787669574435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 4 mi away.

  • Greater Roadrunner1,109 obs
  • American Robin987 obs
  • Mallard873 obs
  • Rock Pigeon841 obs
  • Western Honey Bee731 obs
  • White-winged Dove455 obs
  • American Bumble Bee453 obs
  • Desert Cottontail452 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357572294

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