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Loma Colorado de Abajo

Loma Colorado de Abajo, seen from above at true elevation

Loma Colorado de Abajo rises to 1,701 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Palo Alto Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Corrales Road passes 2.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1701 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.27143, -106.66531

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palo Alto Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mesa Contenta Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rio Rancho Sports Complex: 1.1 mi
  • Vista Sandia Park: 1.3 mi
  • High Range Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 50
  • Rams: 0.5 mi
  • Cibola High Painted Parking Spaces: 4.6 mi
  • The Bell Keepers: 5.5 mi
  • BEER HERE: 7.0 mi
  • Marian Shrine: 7.3 mi
Museums: 29
Picnic sites: 23
Springs: 20
  • Artesian Well: 9.5 mi
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Media Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 10.8 mi
  • South Garden: 10.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 3.8 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 9.4 mi
  • Trailhead: 14.0 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Loma Colorado de Abajo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestESE 109°3,255 m12.9 mi
North Sandia PeakESE 102°3,184 m12.0 mi
The NeedleESE 105°3,127 m12.0 mi
The ThumbESE 111°3,081 m12.8 mi
The ChimneyESE 109°3,051 m12.6 mi
TombstoneESE 106°3,048 m12.5 mi
JawboneESE 114°3,014 m14.1 mi
South Sandia PeakSE 128°2,982 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5319:4820:25
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:1216:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374250576576807771594637
Precip in0.50.50.30.50.60.61.21.71.21.30.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Rancho #2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899728 — Loma Colorado de Abajo, Sandoval County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357586096

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