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Rotary Park

Rotary Park from directly overhead

Rotary Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,706 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Quintessence Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16994, -106.53830

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quintessence Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dennis Chavez Park: 0.7 mi
  • Barstow Park: 0.8 mi
  • Desert Ridge Middle School Park: 0.8 mi
  • Altamonte Little League: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Sidewinder: 3.4 mi
  • Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 3.6 mi
  • Daniels House: 4.0 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 5.1 mi
  • TWA Flight 260: 5.7 mi
Peaks
  • Whiskey Peak: 5.1 mi
  • The Thumb: 5.3 mi
  • Juan Tabo Peak: 5.3 mi
  • The Sentinel: 5.6 mi
  • Hail Peak: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 3.3 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Oso Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Embudo Spring: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 4.9 mi
  • South Garden: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Rotary Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 61°3,255 m5.7 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 46°3,184 m6.4 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m6.0 mi
The ThumbENE 63°3,081 m5.3 mi
The ChimneyENE 58°3,051 m5.6 mi
TombstoneNE 54°3,048 m5.9 mi
JawboneENE 77°3,014 m5.9 mi
South Sandia PeakESE 119°2,982 m7.0 mi

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 solstice07:1216:1916:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 4 mi away.

  • Southwestern Fence Lizard86 obs
  • American Bumble Bee50 obs
  • Apache plume49 obs
  • crescent milkvetch46 obs
  • Western Honey Bee43 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk43 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner42 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush37 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/174248049

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