Cienega Spring
Cienega Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,328 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 0.7 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 3.3 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Salt Missions Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 2 mi
- Southern Sandias Overlook · 3 mi
- Madera Overlook · 3 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tecolote Peak: 2.1 mi
- Jawbone: 3.1 mi
- Capulin Peak: 3.6 mi
- Dragons Tooth: 3.7 mi
- Alioth: 3.7 mi
- Gutierrez Canyon-Milne Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Bear Canyon Scenic Easement: 3.9 mi
- Gutierrez Canyon Open Space: 4.0 mi
- Sandia Mountains Historical Marker: 4.4 mi
- Ojito de San Antonio Open Space: 4.6 mi
- TWA Flight 260: 3.6 mi
- Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 5.4 mi
- Daniels House: 7.3 mi
- RIM-2 Terrier: 10.9 mi
- PGM-11 Redstone Rocket: 10.9 mi
- ☮: 2.5 mi
- In Loving Rememberance of Gary Tisone: 4.3 mi
- Shiny Orb Stone: 4.6 mi
- The Five Stones of the Elena Gallegos: 4.6 mi
- 38 Years of Philip B Tollefsrud: 4.6 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 1.1 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 1.2 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 2.2 mi
- Museum of the American Military Family: 5.9 mi
- Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 6.5 mi
- Kief: 3.5 mi
- Old Shelter: 4.3 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 4.7 mi
- Pa-ako ruins: 4.7 mi
- Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker: 6.1 mi
- Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.3 mi
- Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.4 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.6 mi
- Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.7 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 0.7 mi
- Wolf Spring: 0.3 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Spring: 0.6 mi
- Torro Spring: 0.9 mi
- Tree Spring: 1.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 2.8 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 9.6 mi
- Garden Center: 10.1 mi
- Albuquerque Rose Garden: 10.2 mi
- Winrock Garden: 11.0 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 3.1 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 12.5 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 14.5 mi
- Trailhead: 17.0 mi
- Travertine Falls: 5.1 mi
- Devils Throne: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Cienega Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | NW 309° | 3,255 m | 4.5 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | NW 319° | 3,184 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Needle | NW 315° | 3,127 m | 5.7 mi |
| The Thumb | WNW 303° | 3,081 m | 4.5 mi |
| The Chimney | NW 309° | 3,051 m | 4.8 mi |
| Tombstone | NW 314° | 3,048 m | 5.1 mi |
| Jawbone | WNW 297° | 3,014 m | 3.1 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SW 216° | 2,982 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 3 mi away.
- alpine cancer-root151 obs
- Abert's Squirrel137 obs
- creeping mahonia124 obs
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine108 obs
- Dwarf Lousewort97 obs
- alligator juniper90 obs
- pinewoods geranium83 obs
- great mullein80 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7257521155
Day trips start here
- Cedar Crest · 4 mi
- Bernalillo · 13 mi
- Edgewood · 13 mi
- Albuquerque · 16 mi
- Madrid · 21 mi
- Central New Mexico · 24 mi
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