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Grisham Park

Grisham Park from directly overhead

Grisham Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,568 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardwell Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.11988, -106.59936

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cardwell Park: 0.3 mi
  • Villlella Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lafayette Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bel-Air/Miramontes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Comanche South Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
  • McIlhaney Dairy: 2.5 mi
  • USS NM Bell: 2.7 mi
  • Microsoft Original Headquarters Plaque: 3.2 mi
  • AT&SF 2926: 3.4 mi
  • New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 3.4 mi
Springs: 22
  • Embudo Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Artesian Well: 8.1 mi
  • Oso Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Wildlife Habitat: 0.4 mi
  • South Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Lobo Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Winrock Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 5.0 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 11.5 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Grisham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 54°3,255 m10.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 45°3,184 m11.3 mi
The NeedleNE 47°3,127 m10.9 mi
The ThumbNE 54°3,081 m10.1 mi
The ChimneyNE 52°3,051 m10.4 mi
TombstoneNE 50°3,048 m10.8 mi
JawboneENE 63°3,014 m10.4 mi
South Sandia PeakE 90°2,982 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
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, 5 mi away.

  • Greater Roadrunner164 obs
  • House Finch99 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher88 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk87 obs
  • Western Honey Bee84 obs
  • Long-headed poppy83 obs
  • White-winged Dove75 obs
  • Rock Pigeon70 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/174860212

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