Tom Tenorio Park
Tom Tenorio Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,522 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Springs Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1522 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Albuquerque
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 11.2 mi off the Corrales Road
- 18.4 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 16 mi
- Bet's Rock · 16 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Desert Springs Park: 0.5 mi
- Vista Nueva Park: 0.7 mi
- Westgate Heights Park: 1.1 mi
- Westgate Little League Complex: 1.2 mi
- Playground: 1.2 mi
- Asia: 3.4 mi
- Pinkman’s Residence: 3.7 mi
- Kimo Theater Historic Site: 4.2 mi
- Rosenwald Building Historic Site: 4.2 mi
- Hubbell House Historic Site: 4.4 mi
- J A Volcano: 6.4 mi
- Black Volcano: 6.7 mi
- Vulcan Volcano: 7.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 7.3 mi
- Mesa de los Padillas: 7.4 mi
- Jesus Christ: 1.7 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.7 mi
- American Flag Roof: 2.6 mi
- Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout: 3.3 mi
- Clyde & Carrie Tingley: 3.3 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 3.8 mi
- American International Rattlesnake Museum: 4.0 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 4.1 mi
- The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History: 4.2 mi
- Turquoise Museum: 4.2 mi
- Tingley Park: 3.6 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 15.7 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 17.4 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 4.1 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Harvey Girls: 4.3 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 4.3 mi
- Pajarito: 4.4 mi
- Embudo Spring: 14.4 mi
- Oso Springs: 15.5 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 15.8 mi
- Artesian Well: 16.0 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 16.0 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.5 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 3.5 mi
- Curandera Garden: 3.5 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 5.5 mi
- Trailhead: 3.1 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.7 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 17.5 mi
- El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Carpenter: 7.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Tom Tenorio Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NE 53° | 3,255 m | 18.5 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NE 48° | 3,184 m | 19.3 mi |
| The Needle | NE 49° | 3,127 m | 18.9 mi |
| The Thumb | NE 54° | 3,081 m | 18.1 mi |
| The Chimney | NE 52° | 3,051 m | 18.5 mi |
| Tombstone | NE 51° | 3,048 m | 18.8 mi |
| Jawbone | ENE 58° | 3,014 m | 18.4 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ENE 73° | 2,982 m | 16.6 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 | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
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 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Valley, 2 mi away.
- silverleaf nightshade28 obs
- gypsum phacelia25 obs
- American Beaver23 obs
- Western Honey Bee18 obs
- White-lined Sphinx18 obs
- American Bumble Bee16 obs
- House Finch14 obs
- Greater Roadrunner13 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/474666206
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 4 mi
- Los Lunas · 17 mi
- Bernalillo · 20 mi
- Cedar Crest · 20 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Belen · 27 mi
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