Canjilon Hill
Canjilon Hill rises to 1,616 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Coronado Historic Site, a historic site 2.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,616 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 1.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 7.1 mi off the Corrales Road
- 11.0 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pondorosa Point · 11 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
- Loma Barbon: 5.0 mi
- Lomos Altos: 6.1 mi
- Loma Machete: 7.0 mi
- The Monarch: 7.5 mi
- Loma Coyote: 7.7 mi
- Coronado State Monument: 2.2 mi
- Encantado Walk: 3.0 mi
- Enchanted Hills Park: 3.1 mi
- Vista Grande Park: 3.1 mi
- Mountain View Park: 3.5 mi
- Marian Shrine: 3.0 mi
- Rams: 9.8 mi
- The Bell Keepers: 12.6 mi
- Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 12.6 mi
- BEER HERE: 13.5 mi
- Alehandro Gonzales House Historic Site: 9.1 mi
- Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 12.1 mi
- TWA Flight 260: 12.5 mi
- Petroglyphs: 14.4 mi
- Sidewinder: 15.1 mi
- Coronado Historic Site: 2.2 mi
- La Angostura: 2.8 mi
- BERNALILLO On the Camino Real Historic Marker: 3.2 mi
- LAS PLACITAS HISTORIC MARKER: 5.5 mi
- PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA Historic Marker: 6.8 mi
- Corrales Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum: 12.1 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 16.3 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 17.8 mi
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center: 18.4 mi
- Piedra Lisa Spring: 6.7 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 7.3 mi
- Osha Spring: 9.7 mi
- Media Spring: 10.0 mi
- Artesian Well: 10.1 mi
- Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Family Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
- Juan Tabo Picnic Sites: 10.1 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 11.1 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 10.6 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 14.2 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 14.3 mi
- Wildlife Habitat: 16.6 mi
- South Garden: 16.7 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 6.0 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 18.4 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 18.5 mi
- Bear Jump: 23.6 mi
- Devils Throne: 23.8 mi
- Travertine Falls: 20.0 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Canjilon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | SSE 153° | 3,255 m | 11.4 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | SSE 151° | 3,184 m | 9.7 mi |
| The Needle | SSE 153° | 3,127 m | 10.1 mi |
| The Thumb | SSE 155° | 3,081 m | 11.7 mi |
| The Chimney | SSE 154° | 3,051 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tombstone | SSE 153° | 3,048 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jawbone | SSE 153° | 3,014 m | 13.1 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SSE 159° | 2,982 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
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 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jemez DAM, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904498 — Canjilon Hill, Sandoval County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592687
Day trips start here
- Bernalillo · 4 mi
- Albuquerque · 20 mi
- Cedar Crest · 20 mi
- Madrid · 22 mi
- Edgewood · 28 mi
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