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Graves Park

Graves Park from directly overhead

Graves Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,513 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society, a museum 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.10787, -106.65305

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Statue at Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church: 0.8 mi
  • Crucifix: 1.0 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.1 mi
  • The Rescue: 1.8 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
Springs: 21
  • Embudo Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Artesian Well: 10.8 mi
  • Oso Springs: 11.2 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 2.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 6.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 12.7 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Graves Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 58°3,255 m13.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 52°3,184 m14.2 mi
The NeedleNE 53°3,127 m13.7 mi
The ThumbENE 59°3,081 m13.1 mi
The ChimneyENE 57°3,051 m13.4 mi
TombstoneNE 55°3,048 m13.7 mi
JawboneENE 65°3,014 m13.5 mi
South Sandia PeakE 86°2,982 m12.6 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 °F374149576574787669574435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 2 mi away.

  • Greater Roadrunner298 obs
  • Rock Pigeon187 obs
  • House Finch172 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher160 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk157 obs
  • House Sparrow152 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade147 obs
  • Western Honey Bee145 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/167797302

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