Fred Calkins Park
Fred Calkins Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,519 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Chavez Park, a park 0.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 0.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 9.2 mi off the Corrales Road
- 14.4 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 12 mi
- Bet's Rock · 12 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dennis Chavez Park: 0.3 mi
- William Castillo Park: 0.3 mi
- Guadalupe Park: 0.4 mi
- East San Jose Park: 0.5 mi
- East San Jose Park and Community Center: 0.5 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 1.1 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 1.3 mi
- Asia: 1.4 mi
- Expo New Mexico: 3.9 mi
- J A Volcano: 8.3 mi
- Black Volcano: 8.5 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 8.8 mi
- U Mound: 9.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 9.4 mi
- Albuquerque Fire Department Rocket Ship: 0.9 mi
- Lobo Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Lioness and Cubs: 1.3 mi
- Cibolos del Río Grande: 1.3 mi
- Lobo Head Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 0.6 mi
- H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station: 0.7 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 0.8 mi
- Telephone Pioneer Museum: 1.2 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 1.2 mi
- Harvey Girls: 0.9 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 1.1 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 1.1 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 1.2 mi
- USS NM Bell: 1.6 mi
- Tingley Park: 1.1 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 11.6 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 13.6 mi
- Embudo Spring: 10.3 mi
- Oso Springs: 11.4 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 11.7 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 11.9 mi
- Artesian Well: 12.3 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 1.4 mi
- Lobo Garden: 1.9 mi
- International District Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 2.7 mi
- Trailhead: 1.1 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 8.6 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 15.1 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.4 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Carpenter: 3.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Fred Calkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 48° | 3,255 m | 14.6 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 43° | 3,184 m | 15.5 mi |
| The Needle | NE 44° | 3,127 m | 15.1 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 49° | 3,081 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 47° | 3,051 m | 14.5 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 46° | 3,048 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 55° | 3,014 m | 14.3 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 74° | 2,982 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard974 obs
- American Robin942 obs
- Greater Roadrunner881 obs
- Rock Pigeon738 obs
- Western Honey Bee696 obs
- Pond Slider612 obs
- American Bumble Bee469 obs
- Desert Cottontail395 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/201125898
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 1 mi
- Cedar Crest · 15 mi
- Bernalillo · 17 mi
- Central New Mexico · 19 mi
- Los Lunas · 19 mi
- Edgewood · 26 mi
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