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Tucumcari Metropolitan Park

Tucumcari Metropolitan Park from directly overhead

Tucumcari Metropolitan Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,251 m. Luciano Mesa stands 1,702 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucumcari Trading Post, a attraction 3.2 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1251 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.14422, -103.79719

Overlooks nearby

Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 23
Parks: 14
  • Coronado Park (undeveloped): 3.3 mi
  • Tucumcari Outdoor Classroom: 3.7 mi
  • Jogging Track: 3.9 mi
  • Dunn Park: 3.9 mi
  • Damon Kvols Park: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 2
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ute Lake State Park Picnic Ground: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tucumcari Metropolitan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Luciano MesaWSW 240°1,702 m23.0 mi
Mesa RicaWNW 284°1,648 m24.9 mi
Palomas MesaWSW 248°1,620 m15.1 mi
Mesa RedondaSSE 155°1,580 m13.8 mi
Saddleback MesaSSW 193°1,569 m15.1 mi
Tucumcari MountainE 97°1,509 m5.6 mi
La Cinta MesaNW 322°1,501 m24.7 mi
Pyramid MountainSSW 209°1,499 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4219:3620:14
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0116:0916:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586777807871594840
Precip in0.40.40.91.01.81.82.82.61.61.40.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucumcari 4 NE, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Sunflower2 obs
  • sideoats grama2 obs
  • tree cholla2 obs
  • honey mesquite2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Swainson's Hawk1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Mississippi Kite1 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 node/357581297

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