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Tiguex Park

Tiguex Park from directly overhead

Tiguex Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,512 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cervantes, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates35.09676, -106.66625

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Cervantes: 0.1 mi
  • The Rescue: 0.8 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 0.9 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 0.9 mi
  • Lioness and Cubs: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 21
  • Embudo Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Artesian Well: 11.8 mi
  • Oso Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 1.9 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 6.4 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Tiguex Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestENE 57°3,255 m14.5 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 51°3,184 m15.2 mi
The NeedleNE 52°3,127 m14.8 mi
The ThumbENE 58°3,081 m14.1 mi
The ChimneyNE 56°3,051 m14.4 mi
TombstoneNE 55°3,048 m14.8 mi
JawboneENE 64°3,014 m14.5 mi
South Sandia PeakE 83°2,982 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5419:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576574787669574435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande Nature CTR, 3 mi away.

  • Wood Duck593 obs
  • Mallard562 obs
  • Canada Goose462 obs
  • Pond Slider365 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade351 obs
  • Southwestern Fence Lizard333 obs
  • North American Porcupine314 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner308 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/167797295

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