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River Park

River Park from directly overhead

River Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,479 m. Manzano Peak stands 3,060 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is War Cannon, a historic site 0.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 0.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.80303, -106.71732

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 40
Artworks: 37
Springs: 29
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 13
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 1
  • Tingley Park: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manzano PeakSE 134°3,060 m21.2 mi
Gallo PeakSE 126°3,047 m19.5 mi
Bosque PeakE 99°2,929 m16.5 mi
North Bosque PeakE 98°2,909 m16.1 mi
Mosca PeakE 88°2,890 m17.9 mi
Guadalupe PeakE 87°2,873 m17.4 mi
Capilla PeakESE 111°2,852 m19.2 mi
Osha PeakESE 119°2,824 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4619:19
June solstice05:5519:4720:24
September equinox06:5618:3219:05
December solstice07:1116:2117:00

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354148556474787668564435
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.50.51.51.51.10.90.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Lunas 3 SSW, 4 mi away.

  • Woodhouse's Toad21 obs
  • Sandhill Crane9 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade8 obs
  • Turkey Vulture7 obs
  • Yerba Mansa7 obs
  • Russian olive7 obs
  • North American Porcupine6 obs
  • Gunnison's Prairie Dog6 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/486741044

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