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Young Park

Young Park from directly overhead

Young Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,095 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Zozobra mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away. El Camino Real passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2095 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66859, -105.96561

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 34
Attractions: 31
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 9
  • Soda Springs: 15.4 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Alamosa Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Yoh toh: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hyde Park Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Young Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyNE 46°3,847 m16.2 mi
Lake PeakNE 51°3,771 m14.0 mi
Redondo PeakNE 43°3,766 m18.2 mi
Penitente PeakNE 52°3,720 m14.3 mi
Tesuque PeakNE 52°3,656 m13.1 mi
Aspen PeakNE 44°3,384 m12.8 mi
Thompson PeakE 88°3,215 m8.9 mi
Glorieta BaldyE 97°3,116 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:1116:1516:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303542485767716962513930
Precip in0.60.50.70.60.90.92.32.01.41.30.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE 2, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch130 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush84 obs
  • Spotted Towhee79 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher79 obs
  • Sacred Datura78 obs
  • Palmer's penstemon77 obs
  • Gunnison's Prairie Dog71 obs
  • Apache plume71 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/469251510

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