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Gutierrez Canyon Open Space

Gutierrez Canyon Open Space from directly overhead

Gutierrez Canyon Open Space is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,103 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kief, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Turquoise Trail passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2103 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.12616, -106.34086

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gutierrez Canyon-Milne Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Ojito de San Antonio Open Space: 2.8 mi
  • Loma Ponderosa Open Space: 4.0 mi
  • Carlito Springs Open Space: 4.2 mi
  • Luis Garcia Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 52
  • 66: 1.4 mi
  • ☮: 3.5 mi
  • Happy Firetruck: 3.8 mi
  • Luis Garcia: 4.3 mi
  • Musical Highway: 5.6 mi
Museums: 34
  • Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 1.9 mi
  • Tinkertown Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Tinkertown Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Museum of the American Military Family: 3.7 mi
  • Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
Picnic sites: 28
  • Picnic Ground 4: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Ground 5: 2.1 mi
  • Dove Picnic Ground: 2.2 mi
  • Dove Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Bobcat Picnic Ground: 2.2 mi
Springs: 27
Gardens: 16
  • Garden Center: 11.2 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Winrock Garden: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Gutierrez Canyon Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNW 313°3,255 m8.4 mi
North Sandia PeakNW 319°3,184 m10.0 mi
The NeedleNW 316°3,127 m9.7 mi
The ThumbNW 310°3,081 m8.4 mi
The ChimneyNW 313°3,051 m8.8 mi
TombstoneNW 316°3,048 m9.1 mi
JawboneNW 309°3,014 m6.9 mi
South Sandia PeakW 266°2,982 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:17
June solstice05:5219:4620:24
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1116:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313540495766686661503930

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • scarlet hedgehog cactus48 obs
  • Dwarf Lousewort40 obs
  • tree cholla29 obs
  • Santa Fe phlox28 obs
  • Wholeleaf Paintbrush24 obs
  • Spinystar22 obs
  • great mullein19 obs
  • Balkan toadflax18 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 node/357621416

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