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Tingley Field

Tingley Field from directly overhead

Tingley Field is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,509 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Tingley Park, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 0.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1509 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.07846, -106.65860

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Lioness and Cubs: 0.2 mi
  • Cibolos del Río Grande: 0.2 mi
  • Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 0.8 mi
  • Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 1.0 mi
  • Cervantes: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 29
Picnic sites: 28
Springs: 25
  • Embudo Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Oso Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Artesian Well: 12.4 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 6
  • Trailhead: 0.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.7 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 52°3,255 m14.9 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 46°3,184 m15.7 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m15.3 mi
The ThumbNE 53°3,081 m14.5 mi
The ChimneyNE 51°3,051 m14.8 mi
TombstoneNE 50°3,048 m15.2 mi
JawboneENE 59°3,014 m14.7 mi
South Sandia PeakENE 77°2,982 m13.2 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 °F374250576676797770584637
Precip in0.40.40.50.50.40.61.61.31.10.90.60.5

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

  • Wood Duck584 obs
  • Mallard547 obs
  • Canada Goose474 obs
  • Pond Slider362 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade347 obs
  • Western Honey Bee337 obs
  • American Bumble Bee315 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner314 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/167797292

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