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Juan Tabo Picnic Sites

Juan Tabo Picnic Sites from directly overhead

Juan Tabo Picnic Sites is a picnic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,084 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the east-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Family Picnic Site, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Sandia Crest Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United Sates Forest Service
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.21880, -106.48466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Prow: 1.3 mi
  • The Needle: 1.6 mi
  • Juan Tabo Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Tombstone: 1.8 mi
  • The Chimney: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 60
Parks
  • Sandia Mountains Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
  • W. L. Jackson Park: 2.5 mi
  • Patricia Cassidy Park: 2.9 mi
  • Harrison H. Schmitt Big Sky Hang Glider Park: 3.2 mi
  • Little Cloud Park: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 27
  • Family Picnic Site: 0.1 mi
  • La Cueva Picnic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Nine Mile Picnic Ground: 3.5 mi
  • Capulin Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
  • Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
Springs: 20
  • Drinking Fountain Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Artesian Well: 1.7 mi
  • Media Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Osha Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Capulin Spring: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Winrock Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
  • Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 8.0 mi
  • Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 8.8 mi
  • Trailhead: 14.4 mi
  • Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Juan Tabo Picnic Sites. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestESE 107°3,255 m2.1 mi
North Sandia PeakNE 54°3,184 m1.9 mi
The NeedleENE 68°3,127 m1.6 mi
The ThumbESE 120°3,081 m2.0 mi
The ChimneyESE 103°3,051 m1.8 mi
TombstoneE 87°3,048 m1.8 mi
JawboneSE 127°3,014 m3.4 mi
South Sandia PeakSSE 156°2,982 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5319:4720:24
September equinox06:5518:3119:04
December solstice07:1116:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047546373767467564435
Precip in0.70.91.10.90.70.62.62.71.61.30.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1164577619

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