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Morningside Park

Morningside Park from directly overhead

Morningside Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,590 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wellesley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

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Coordinates35.07745, -106.60058

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
  • U Mound: 6.8 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 7.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks North: 7.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 8.1 mi
  • Cerro Pelon: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 54
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 29
  • USS NM Bell: 1.2 mi
  • Microsoft Original Headquarters Plaque: 1.4 mi
  • Flame of Hope: 2.2 mi
  • Harvey Girls: 2.7 mi
  • Fallout Shelter: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Oso Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 3.6 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 10.2 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 13.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 43°3,255 m12.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 37°3,184 m13.6 mi
The NeedleNE 38°3,127 m13.1 mi
The ThumbNE 43°3,081 m12.1 mi
The ChimneyNE 41°3,051 m12.5 mi
TombstoneNE 40°3,048 m12.9 mi
JawboneNE 50°3,014 m12.1 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 73°2,982 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
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 °F374250576676797770584637
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.40.61.61.31.10.90.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Roadrunner1,219 obs
  • American Robin986 obs
  • Mallard860 obs
  • Western Honey Bee810 obs
  • Rock Pigeon778 obs
  • American Bumble Bee574 obs
  • White-winged Dove481 obs
  • Pond Slider441 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 way/165561787

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