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Fox Memorial Park

Fox Memorial Park from directly overhead

Fox Memorial Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,604 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Expo New Mexico, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off.

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Coordinates35.08447, -106.58145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Expo New Mexico: 0.5 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.2 mi
  • Zia: 2.4 mi
  • PGM-19 Jupiter: 2.9 mi
  • PGM-17A Thor: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Hiland Pool Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hiland Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
  • Workers Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jack and Jill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Open Space: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • U Mound: 5.7 mi
  • Twin Peaks North: 7.1 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 7.2 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 7.4 mi
  • South Sandia Peak: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 54
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
  • Microsoft Original Headquarters Plaque: 0.6 mi
  • USS NM Bell: 2.2 mi
  • Flame of Hope: 3.2 mi
  • Harvey Girls: 3.8 mi
  • Fallout Shelter: 3.8 mi
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Oso Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 4.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 10.9 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 11.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Fox Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 41°3,255 m11.4 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 34°3,184 m12.6 mi
The NeedleNE 35°3,127 m12.1 mi
The ThumbNE 41°3,081 m11.0 mi
The ChimneyNE 39°3,051 m11.4 mi
TombstoneNE 38°3,048 m11.9 mi
JawboneNE 49°3,014 m11.0 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 74°2,982 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1116:2016:59

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Roadrunner433 obs
  • American Bumble Bee215 obs
  • Western Honey Bee204 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher160 obs
  • Long-headed poppy160 obs
  • White-winged Dove156 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade152 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk130 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 way/166084515

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