Robinson Park
Robinson Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,510 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1510 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Albuquerque
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- On the El Camino Real, National
- 8.1 mi off the Corrales Road
- 14.6 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 12 mi
- Bet's Rock · 12 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 0.3 mi
- Asia: 0.6 mi
- Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 3.9 mi
- Sprayground: 0.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Park: 0.4 mi
- Mary Fox Park: 0.4 mi
- Tingley Field: 0.5 mi
- Forest Park: 0.5 mi
- J A Volcano: 7.1 mi
- Black Volcano: 7.3 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 7.5 mi
- Bond Volcano: 8.2 mi
- Butte Volcano: 8.5 mi
- Lioness and Cubs: 0.5 mi
- Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.6 mi
- Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 0.9 mi
- Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.0 mi
- Cervantes: 1.0 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 0.1 mi
- Telephone Pioneer Museum: 0.3 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 0.9 mi
- Explora: 0.9 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 0.2 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 0.3 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 0.4 mi
- Harvey Girls: 0.5 mi
- New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 0.6 mi
- Tingley Park: 0.5 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 11.8 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 13.4 mi
- Embudo Spring: 10.9 mi
- Oso Springs: 11.8 mi
- Artesian Well: 12.0 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 12.1 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 12.4 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 1.4 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 1.5 mi
- Curandera Garden: 1.6 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 1.9 mi
- Trailhead: 1.2 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 15.9 mi
- Carpenter: 3.4 mi
- Travertine Falls: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Robinson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 54° | 3,255 m | 14.5 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 48° | 3,184 m | 15.3 mi |
| The Needle | NE 49° | 3,127 m | 14.9 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 54° | 3,081 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 52° | 3,051 m | 14.4 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 51° | 3,048 m | 14.8 mi |
| Jawbone | ENE 60° | 3,014 m | 14.4 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | E 79° | 2,982 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 3 mi away.
- Wood Duck592 obs
- Mallard554 obs
- Canada Goose474 obs
- Greater Roadrunner439 obs
- Western Honey Bee388 obs
- silverleaf nightshade368 obs
- Pond Slider365 obs
- Rock Pigeon354 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/128584699
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 0 mi
- Bernalillo · 16 mi
- Cedar Crest · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Los Lunas · 20 mi
- Edgewood · 26 mi
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