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East San Jose Park and Community Center

East San Jose Park and Community Center from directly overhead

East San Jose Park and Community Center is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,509 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is East San Jose Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 0.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1509 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.06417, -106.64889

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.8 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 0.9 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.7 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 15.6 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of East San Jose Park and Community Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 48°3,255 m15.1 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 43°3,184 m16.0 mi
The NeedleNE 44°3,127 m15.6 mi
The ThumbNE 49°3,081 m14.7 mi
The ChimneyNE 47°3,051 m15.1 mi
TombstoneNE 46°3,048 m15.4 mi
JawboneNE 54°3,014 m14.8 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 72°2,982 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374250576676797770584637
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.40.61.61.31.10.90.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 2 mi away.

  • Pond Slider285 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade271 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner270 obs
  • Western Honey Bee243 obs
  • American Bumble Bee227 obs
  • Canada Goose218 obs
  • Wood Duck173 obs
  • Mallard160 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/357623020

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