Vista Hills Park
Vista Hills Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,599 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Olympus Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Corrales Road passes 1.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1599 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Corrales Road
- 3.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 3.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 11.2 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pondorosa Point · 10 mi
- Cañon La Cueva Overlook · 11 mi
- Sandia Peak · 11 mi
- Upper La Cueva Canyon, La Luz Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Olympus Park: 0.3 mi
- Veja Baja Park: 0.8 mi
- Leon Grande Park: 0.8 mi
- Palo Alto Park: 1.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Sports Complex: 1.3 mi
- Loma Colorado de Abajo: 1.5 mi
- Loma Coyote: 3.9 mi
- Loma Duran: 5.1 mi
- Loma Machete: 6.5 mi
- Loma Barbon: 6.7 mi
- Alehandro Gonzales House Historic Site: 2.6 mi
- Petroglyphs: 5.9 mi
- Petroglyphs: 5.9 mi
- Petroglyphs: 5.9 mi
- Petroglyphs: 6.0 mi
- Rams: 1.7 mi
- Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 4.2 mi
- The Bell Keepers: 4.8 mi
- BEER HERE: 6.2 mi
- Marian Shrine: 6.4 mi
- BERNALILLO On the Camino Real Historic Marker: 6.1 mi
- Coronado Historic Site: 6.5 mi
- McIlhaney Dairy: 7.9 mi
- Juan Tabo Cabin: 9.0 mi
- LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER: 9.9 mi
- Corrales Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum: 5.6 mi
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center: 10.7 mi
- New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society: 11.1 mi
- The Grand Lodge Library & Museum: 11.3 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 9.3 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
- Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 11.8 mi
- Artesian Well: 8.0 mi
- Piedra Lisa Spring: 9.3 mi
- Drinking Fountain Spring: 9.6 mi
- Media Spring: 11.3 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 11.5 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 2.0 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 9.1 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 9.9 mi
- South Garden: 10.0 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 2.7 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.8 mi
- Trailhead: 13.5 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 17.6 mi
- Travertine Falls: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Vista Hills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | ESE 109° | 3,255 m | 11.4 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | E 101° | 3,184 m | 10.6 mi |
| The Needle | ESE 104° | 3,127 m | 10.5 mi |
| The Thumb | ESE 111° | 3,081 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Chimney | ESE 108° | 3,051 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tombstone | ESE 106° | 3,048 m | 11.0 mi |
| Jawbone | ESE 114° | 3,014 m | 12.6 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SE 130° | 2,982 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:48 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Rancho #2, under a mile away.
- Western Honey Bee28 obs
- gypsum phacelia28 obs
- Gambel's Quail26 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard25 obs
- Fourwing Saltbush25 obs
- tree cholla25 obs
- Western Black Widow23 obs
- Sacred Datura17 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/40157880
Day trips start here
- Bernalillo · 6 mi
- Albuquerque · 12 mi
- Cedar Crest · 19 mi
- Edgewood · 29 mi
- Madrid · 29 mi
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