Los Padillas Historical Marker
Los Padillas Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,497 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hubbell House Historic Site, a attraction 1.2 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1497 m
How to reach it
- On the El Camino Real, National
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.4 mi off the Corrales Road
- 18.4 mi off the Salt Missions Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 17 mi
- Bet's Rock · 17 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 17 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hubbell House Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- Asia: 7.8 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 8.1 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 8.3 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 8.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 1.8 mi
- Mesa de los Padillas: 2.4 mi
- Parea Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Wind Mesa: 8.6 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 10.5 mi
- Durand Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Valley Gardens Park: 2.7 mi
- Adobe Acres Park: 3.4 mi
- Rio Bravo County Park: 3.5 mi
- Mountain View Park: 3.9 mi
- Jesus Christ: 4.3 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 4.3 mi
- Giant Stone Rattlesnake: 4.8 mi
- Giant Stone Rattlesnake: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Man: 7.0 mi
- Cavalcade of Wings: 7.1 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 7.7 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 8.2 mi
- H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station: 8.2 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 8.3 mi
- Embudo Spring: 15.8 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 17.1 mi
- Oso Springs: 17.6 mi
- South Sandia Spring: 17.7 mi
- Old South Sandia Spring: 17.9 mi
- Tingley Park: 7.8 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 18.5 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- Pine Flat Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
- Deadman Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Pajarito: 1.2 mi
- Founders' Wall: 4.6 mi
- Flame of Hope: 7.1 mi
- Harvey Girls: 8.3 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 8.3 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- International District Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 8.6 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 8.6 mi
- Curandera Garden: 8.7 mi
- Trailhead: 7.2 mi
- El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 13.3 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 20.9 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 22.5 mi
- Carpenter: 10.5 mi
- Travertine Falls: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Los Padillas Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 40° | 3,255 m | 21.7 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 36° | 3,184 m | 22.8 mi |
| The Needle | NE 37° | 3,127 m | 22.3 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 40° | 3,081 m | 21.2 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 39° | 3,051 m | 21.7 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 38° | 3,048 m | 22.1 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 44° | 3,014 m | 21.2 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | NE 55° | 2,982 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:21 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Valley, 4 mi away.
- Say's Phoebe151 obs
- Western Meadowlark126 obs
- Cliff Swallow98 obs
- American Kestrel89 obs
- Sandhill Crane87 obs
- Killdeer69 obs
- American Bumble Bee64 obs
- Differential Grasshopper64 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357612608
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 8 mi
- Los Lunas · 11 mi
- Central New Mexico · 16 mi
- Cedar Crest · 21 mi
- Belen · 22 mi
- Bernalillo · 24 mi
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