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Herb Martinez Park

Herb Martinez Park from directly overhead

Herb Martinez Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,041 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Escondida Court Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2041 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.64822, -105.98652

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 34
Attractions: 31
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 8
  • Soda Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Yoh toh: 15.5 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Doe Springs: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Herb Martinez Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyNE 45°3,847 m18.0 mi
Lake PeakNE 50°3,771 m15.8 mi
Penitente PeakNE 51°3,720 m16.1 mi
Tesuque PeakNE 50°3,656 m14.9 mi
Aspen PeakNE 43°3,384 m14.6 mi
Thompson PeakE 81°3,215 m10.2 mi
Glorieta BaldyE 89°3,116 m10.5 mi
Viveash MesaE 80°3,001 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:1116:1616:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303542485767716962513930
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.90.92.32.01.41.30.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch209 obs
  • Gunnison's Prairie Dog167 obs
  • House Sparrow155 obs
  • Common Raven144 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher82 obs
  • Western Honey Bee72 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush67 obs
  • Palmer's penstemon64 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 way/298980925

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