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Manzano / Four HIlls Open Space

Manzano / Four HIlls Open Space from directly overhead

Manzano / Four HIlls Open Space is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,818 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Aluminum Yucca, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1818 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.05338, -106.47974

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Four Hills Ravine Park: 0.9 mi
  • Four Hills Village Park: 1.4 mi
  • Singing Arrow Park: 1.4 mi
  • La Luz de Amistad Park: 1.4 mi
  • East Tijeras Arroyo Open Space: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Peaks North: 0.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 1.1 mi
  • U Mound: 1.9 mi
  • Cerro Pelon: 2.8 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 59
  • PGM-11 Redstone Rocket: 3.1 mi
  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief: 3.2 mi
  • LTV A-7 Corsair: 3.2 mi
  • V-750 Dvina: 3.2 mi
  • MIG-21: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Aluminum Yucca: 0.7 mi
  • Eye Of The Sandias: 1.7 mi
  • M: 2.8 mi
  • Musical Highway: 3.9 mi
  • Luis Garcia: 5.4 mi
Springs: 31
  • Embudo Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 3.9 mi
  • South Sandia Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Carlito Spring: 5.1 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
  • Picnic Ground 5: 7.6 mi
  • Double Shelter Group Area: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Ground 4: 7.6 mi
  • Bobcat Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Bobcat Picnic Ground: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Manzano / Four HIlls Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestN 9°3,255 m11.0 mi
North Sandia PeakN 6°3,184 m12.6 mi
The NeedleN 6°3,127 m12.1 mi
The ThumbN 8°3,081 m10.5 mi
The ChimneyN 8°3,051 m11.1 mi
TombstoneN 7°3,048 m11.6 mi
JawboneNNE 15°3,014 m9.7 mi
South Sandia PeakNNE 31°2,982 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4620:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:04
December solstice07:1116:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree cholla122 obs
  • scarlet hedgehog cactus115 obs
  • Apache plume91 obs
  • Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus64 obs
  • broadleaf milkweed59 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard59 obs
  • Sonoran scrub oak55 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade51 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/357622868

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