Pine Flat Picnic Site
Pine Flat Picnic Site is a picnic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,201 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Deadman Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Salt Missions Trail runs past it. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- USFS
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Salt Missions Trail
- 5.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.9 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 14.3 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flat Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Bet's Rock · 8 mi
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 8 mi
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Flat: 1.5 mi
- Sabino Canyon Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Sunflower Meadow Park: 2.0 mi
- Sedillo Ridge Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Loma Ponderosa Open Space: 4.5 mi
- PGM-11 Redstone Rocket: 11.6 mi
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief: 11.7 mi
- LTV A-7 Corsair: 11.7 mi
- V-750 Dvina: 11.7 mi
- MIG-21: 11.7 mi
- Cedro Peak: 2.8 mi
- Manzano Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Sol se Mete Peak: 5.3 mi
- Mount Washington: 5.7 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 5.8 mi
- Luis Garcia: 5.4 mi
- Musical Highway: 6.0 mi
- 66: 6.3 mi
- Happy Firetruck: 6.6 mi
- Eye Of The Sandias: 8.5 mi
- Carlito Spring: 6.2 mi
- South Sandia Spring: 7.7 mi
- Old South Sandia Spring: 8.1 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 8.2 mi
- Mud Spring: 8.3 mi
- Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 4.9 mi
- Museum of the American Military Family: 5.4 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 9.0 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 10.8 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 10.8 mi
- Deadman Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Oak Flat Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Carolino Canyon Reservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Carolino Canyon Reservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Ground 5: 8.0 mi
- Public Safety Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker: 5.4 mi
- Kief: 8.6 mi
- ATLAS-I Wedge: 12.5 mi
- ATLAS-I Trestle: 12.6 mi
- Garden Center: 11.9 mi
- La Mesa Neighborhood Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Albuquerque Rose Garden: 13.8 mi
- Winrock Garden: 13.9 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 15.6 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 8.0 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 8.6 mi
- Trailhead: 18.8 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 24.0 mi
- Travertine Falls: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Flat Picnic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NNW 335° | 3,255 m | 14.9 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NNW 336° | 3,184 m | 16.7 mi |
| The Needle | NNW 335° | 3,127 m | 16.3 mi |
| The Thumb | NNW 333° | 3,081 m | 14.7 mi |
| The Chimney | NNW 334° | 3,051 m | 15.2 mi |
| Tombstone | NNW 335° | 3,048 m | 15.7 mi |
| Jawbone | NNW 335° | 3,014 m | 13.3 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | NW 324° | 2,982 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Foothills NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1091790062
Day trips start here
- Cedar Crest · 7 mi
- Edgewood · 9 mi
- Central New Mexico · 15 mi
- Albuquerque · 18 mi
- Bernalillo · 23 mi
- Los Lunas · 27 mi
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