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Downs at Santa Fe Race Track

Downs at Santa Fe Race Track from directly overhead

Downs at Santa Fe Race Track is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,899 m. Thompson Peak stands 3,215 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Downs, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1899 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.58892, -106.07752

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 33
Attractions: 28
  • The Downs: 0.4 mi
  • F-111 Fighter Jet: 2.1 mi
  • Plaza Salazar: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Village: 2.3 mi
  • Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 17
Springs: 10
  • Yoh toh: 9.8 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Soda Springs: 16.3 mi
  • Doe Springs: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Downs at Santa Fe Race Track. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE 69°3,215 m16.3 mi
Glorieta BaldyENE 74°3,116 m16.2 mi
Sierra PeladaENE 73°2,962 m12.3 mi
Monument RockENE 63°2,830 m16.5 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 64°2,780 m12.6 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 64°2,779 m12.5 mi
Placer MountainSSW 197°2,700 m18.3 mi
Shaggy PeakE 83°2,657 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:16
June solstice05:5019:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1116:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643506070737165534032
Precip in0.40.40.70.50.60.61.82.01.31.20.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch13 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch12 obs
  • American Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Club-cholla6 obs
  • Prickly Russian Thistle5 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush5 obs
  • Fourwing Saltbush5 obs
  • Russian olive5 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/357610863

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