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Los Duranes Park

Los Duranes Park from directly overhead

Los Duranes 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, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dulcinea Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.11036, -106.68254

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dulcinea Park: 0.6 mi
  • Abby Jean Park (private): 0.6 mi
  • Thomas Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Bluff Overlook Park: 0.7 mi
  • Krogh Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • The Rescue: 1.2 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.2 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.8 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 1.9 mi
  • American Flag Roof: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 11.9 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Oso Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 3.1 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 5.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Los Duranes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 62°3,255 m14.9 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 56°3,184 m15.4 mi
The NeedleENE 57°3,127 m15.0 mi
The ThumbENE 63°3,081 m14.4 mi
The ChimneyENE 61°3,051 m14.7 mi
TombstoneENE 60°3,048 m15.0 mi
JawboneENE 69°3,014 m15.0 mi
South Sandia PeakE 87°2,982 m14.3 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, 1 mi away.

  • Wood Duck864 obs
  • Mallard707 obs
  • Canada Goose547 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard526 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner511 obs
  • Spotted Towhee439 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow411 obs
  • North American Porcupine405 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/188426239

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