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La Ladera Park

La Ladera Park from directly overhead

La Ladera Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,524 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is BEER HERE, a artwork 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 0.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1524 m

What to expect

Operated by
Bernalillo County

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16878, -106.61957

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paseo De Estrella Park: 0.6 mi
  • Alameda Soccer Fields: 0.9 mi
  • Bernardo Trails Park: 1.0 mi
  • Alameda Little League Park: 1.1 mi
  • Vista del Norte: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Sidewinder: 2.5 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 4.0 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 4.2 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 4.3 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 50
  • BEER HERE: 0.6 mi
  • The Bell Keepers: 2.0 mi
  • Tree of Life: 2.4 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 3.4 mi
  • Statue at Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church: 3.8 mi
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 6.7 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Oso Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Wildlife Habitat: 3.3 mi
  • South Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of La Ladera Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 73°3,255 m10.0 mi
North Sandia PeakENE 63°3,184 m10.3 mi
The NeedleENE 66°3,127 m9.9 mi
The ThumbENE 75°3,081 m9.7 mi
The ChimneyENE 72°3,051 m9.8 mi
TombstoneENE 69°3,048 m10.0 mi
JawboneE 82°3,014 m10.5 mi
South Sandia PeakESE 107°2,982 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
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 Roadrunner47 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard46 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade45 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • Western Honey Bee38 obs
  • American Bumble Bee38 obs
  • tree-of-heaven30 obs
  • Sandhill Crane30 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/204683691

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