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Taylor Park

Taylor Park from directly overhead

Taylor Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,623 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutler Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.9 miles off.

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Coordinates35.10240, -106.55887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Expo New Mexico: 1.7 mi
  • Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Rides - Aerogelic Ballooning: 2.3 mi
  • LGM-30 Minuteman: 2.8 mi
  • PGM-17A Thor: 2.8 mi
  • PGM-19 Jupiter: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • U Mound: 4.6 mi
  • Twin Peaks North: 6.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks South: 6.7 mi
  • South Sandia Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Manzano Saddle: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 53
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
Springs: 27
  • Embudo Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Oso Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Old South Sandia Spring: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Winrock Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
  • La Mesa Neighborhood Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Garden Center: 2.2 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 6.3 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 10.3 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 11.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 12.9 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Taylor Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 40°3,255 m9.7 mi
North Sandia PeakNNE 32°3,184 m10.8 mi
The NeedleNNE 33°3,127 m10.3 mi
The ThumbNE 40°3,081 m9.2 mi
The ChimneyNE 38°3,051 m9.7 mi
TombstoneNE 36°3,048 m10.1 mi
JawboneNE 49°3,014 m9.2 mi
South Sandia PeakE 80°2,982 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Roadrunner171 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk132 obs
  • Western Honey Bee109 obs
  • House Finch105 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch88 obs
  • American Bumble Bee85 obs
  • White-winged Dove83 obs
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker77 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 way/173065395

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