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Montaño West Park

Montaño West Park from directly overhead

Montaño West Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,563 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Fe Village Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.15075, -106.70636

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Petroglyphs: 2.5 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 2.5 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 2.5 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 2.5 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 52
  • Tree of Life: 3.8 mi
  • Statue at Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church: 4.2 mi
  • The Rescue: 4.2 mi
  • Cervantes: 4.3 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 11.7 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Oso Springs: 14.2 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 2.7 mi
  • Trailhead: 6.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 11.1 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Montaño West Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 74°3,255 m15.1 mi
North Sandia PeakENE 67°3,184 m15.3 mi
The NeedleENE 69°3,127 m14.9 mi
The ThumbENE 75°3,081 m14.7 mi
The ChimneyENE 73°3,051 m14.9 mi
TombstoneENE 71°3,048 m15.1 mi
JawboneE 80°3,014 m15.5 mi
South Sandia PeakE 98°2,982 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4820:25
September equinox06:5618:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374249576676797770584537
Precip in0.60.40.70.50.40.31.51.61.60.90.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petroglyph Natl MON, under a mile away.

  • Southwestern Fence Lizard222 obs
  • North American Porcupine221 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard172 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade172 obs
  • Russian olive155 obs
  • Fourwing Saltbush149 obs
  • gypsum phacelia118 obs
  • Black Phoebe116 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/171978281

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