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Shawshaw Park

Shawshaw Park from directly overhead

Shawshaw Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,697 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Singing Arrow Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1697 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.06755, -106.50974

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Singing Arrow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Piru Community Center: 0.6 mi
  • East Tijeras Arroyo Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Lauren C. Bolles Park: 0.7 mi
  • La Luz de Amistad Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 60
  • PGM-11 Redstone Rocket: 1.3 mi
  • RIM-2 Terrier: 1.4 mi
  • LTV A-7 Corsair: 1.4 mi
  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief: 1.4 mi
  • MIG-21: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • U Mound: 1.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks North: 2.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 3.1 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 4.3 mi
  • Cerro Pelon: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 54
Museums: 30
Springs: 28
Picnic sites: 28
  • Double Shelter Group Area: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Ground 5: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Ground 4: 8.4 mi
  • Bobcat Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Bobcat Picnic Ground: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 26
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 7
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 8.4 mi
  • Trailhead: 8.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 15.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 15.9 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Shawshaw Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNNE 19°3,255 m10.4 mi
North Sandia PeakNNE 14°3,184 m12.0 mi
The NeedleNNE 15°3,127 m11.4 mi
The ThumbNNE 18°3,081 m10.0 mi
The ChimneyNNE 17°3,051 m10.5 mi
TombstoneNNE 17°3,048 m11.0 mi
JawboneNNE 26°3,014 m9.4 mi
South Sandia PeakNE 51°2,982 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:04
December solstice07:1116:2016:59

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree cholla94 obs
  • Apache plume80 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade67 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner60 obs
  • House Finch57 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard56 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher51 obs
  • Long-headed poppy46 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 node/357599095

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