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Georgia O'Keeffe Park

Georgia O'Keeffe Park from directly overhead

Georgia O'Keeffe Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,782 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Corner Bear Canyon Arroyo Open Space, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14833, -106.51176

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Daniels House: 2.0 mi
  • Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 3.4 mi
  • Sidewinder: 4.3 mi
  • TWA Flight 260: 5.1 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Whiskey Peak: 4.8 mi
  • U Mound: 5.0 mi
  • South Sandia Peak: 5.0 mi
  • The Thumb: 5.1 mi
  • Hail Peak: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
Springs: 21
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Oso Springs: 3.3 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 4.5 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Winrock Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Garden Center: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 7.7 mi
  • Trailhead: 10.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 10.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Georgia O'Keeffe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 39°3,255 m5.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNNE 27°3,184 m6.8 mi
The NeedleNNE 29°3,127 m6.2 mi
The ThumbNE 40°3,081 m5.1 mi
The ChimneyNE 36°3,051 m5.5 mi
TombstoneNNE 34°3,048 m6.0 mi
JawboneENE 57°3,014 m5.1 mi
South Sandia PeakESE 113°2,982 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:04
December solstice07:1116:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

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

  • Mule Deer131 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner110 obs
  • Apache plume106 obs
  • tree cholla103 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard100 obs
  • House Finch93 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher90 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk83 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 way/435905745

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