South San Jose Park
South San Jose Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,507 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Barelas Railroad Park, a park 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 1.1 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 1.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.3 mi off the Corrales Road
- 14.9 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 · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barelas Railroad Park: 0.6 mi
- East San Jose Park and Community Center: 0.7 mi
- East San Jose Park: 0.7 mi
- Pete Padilla Park: 1.0 mi
- Dennis Chavez Park: 1.0 mi
- Asia: 2.0 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 2.0 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 2.1 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 2.1 mi
- Zia: 4.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 8.3 mi
- J A Volcano: 8.6 mi
- Mesa de los Padillas: 8.8 mi
- Black Volcano: 8.8 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 9.1 mi
- Albuquerque Fire Department Rocket Ship: 0.9 mi
- Cibolos del Río Grande: 1.8 mi
- Lioness and Cubs: 1.9 mi
- Eagle Man: 1.9 mi
- Lobo Sculpture: 2.3 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 1.4 mi
- H. B. & Lucille Horn Preservation Station: 1.8 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 1.8 mi
- Cavalcade of Wings: 1.9 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 2.1 mi
- Flame of Hope: 1.7 mi
- Harvey Girls: 2.0 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 2.1 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 2.1 mi
- Tingley Park: 1.7 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 12.6 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 14.7 mi
- Embudo Spring: 10.9 mi
- Oso Springs: 12.2 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 12.3 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 12.8 mi
- South Sandia Spring: 13.0 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- International District Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 2.5 mi
- Lobo Garden: 2.9 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.2 mi
- Trailhead: 1.3 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.1 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 16.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 16.2 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Carpenter: 4.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of South San Jose Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 46° | 3,255 m | 15.6 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 41° | 3,184 m | 16.6 mi |
| The Needle | NE 42° | 3,127 m | 16.1 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 47° | 3,081 m | 15.1 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 45° | 3,051 m | 15.6 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 44° | 3,048 m | 16.0 mi |
| Jawbone | NE 52° | 3,014 m | 15.3 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 70° | 2,982 m | 13.2 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 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- Greater Roadrunner95 obs
- Yerba Mansa88 obs
- silverleaf nightshade82 obs
- Wood Duck68 obs
- Mallard66 obs
- Western Honey Bee61 obs
- Cottonwood Leaf Beetle61 obs
- Canada Goose60 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/176055385
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 2 mi
- Cedar Crest · 16 mi
- Bernalillo · 18 mi
- Central New Mexico · 18 mi
- Los Lunas · 18 mi
- Edgewood · 26 mi
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