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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,537 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Crucifix, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1537 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.09972, -106.63378

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 53
  • Crucifix: 0.2 mi
  • Thunderbird: 0.8 mi
  • Jericho: 1.2 mi
  • Cubicion: 1.2 mi
  • Lobo Sculpture: 1.3 mi
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 28
Historic sites: 27
  • New Mexico Madonna of the Trail: 1.0 mi
  • AT&SF 2926: 1.3 mi
  • USS NM Bell: 1.3 mi
  • Fallout Shelter: 1.4 mi
  • Harvey Girls: 1.4 mi
Springs: 23
  • Embudo Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Oso Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Artesian Well: 10.4 mi
  • Bear Canyon Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Three Gun Spring: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Castetter Greenhouse: 1.3 mi
  • Lobo Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Barelas Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • South Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Trailhead: 2.7 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 7.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.0 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNE 54°3,255 m12.9 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 47°3,184 m13.7 mi
The NeedleNE 48°3,127 m13.2 mi
The ThumbNE 54°3,081 m12.5 mi
The ChimneyNE 52°3,051 m12.8 mi
TombstoneNE 51°3,048 m13.2 mi
JawboneENE 61°3,014 m12.8 mi
South Sandia PeakE 83°2,982 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5319:4720:25
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Roadrunner1,064 obs
  • American Robin982 obs
  • Mallard879 obs
  • Rock Pigeon835 obs
  • Western Honey Bee719 obs
  • American Bumble Bee462 obs
  • Desert Cottontail460 obs
  • White-winged Dove442 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/920245950

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