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O'Bannon Field

O'Bannon Field from directly overhead

O'Bannon Field is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,038 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chavez Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2038 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.63938, -105.99241

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 34
Attractions: 30
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 8
  • Yoh toh: 14.8 mi
  • Soda Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Doe Springs: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of O'Bannon Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyNE 45°3,847 m18.7 mi
Lake PeakNE 49°3,771 m16.5 mi
Penitente PeakNE 50°3,720 m16.7 mi
Tesuque PeakNE 50°3,656 m15.5 mi
Aspen PeakNE 43°3,384 m15.3 mi
Thompson PeakENE 78°3,215 m10.7 mi
Glorieta BaldyE 85°3,116 m10.9 mi
Viveash MesaENE 78°3,001 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:1116:1616:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303542485767716962513930
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.90.92.32.01.41.30.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 2 mi away.

  • House Finch163 obs
  • Gunnison's Prairie Dog154 obs
  • Common Raven134 obs
  • House Sparrow125 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher51 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush51 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove50 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/475154747

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