Oso Springs
Oso Springs is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,238 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the north, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Canyon Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.9 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 5.3 mi off the Salt Missions Trail
- 5.3 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 3 mi
- Bet's Rock · 3 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Canyon Scenic Easement: 1.3 mi
- Embudito Trailhead Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Sandia Foothills Open Space: 1.5 mi
- High Desert Embudito Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Bear Canyon Open Space East: 2.0 mi
- South Sandia Peak: 1.7 mi
- U Mound: 3.8 mi
- Jawbone: 4.1 mi
- Dragons Tooth: 4.5 mi
- Hail Peak: 4.6 mi
- Daniels House: 2.7 mi
- Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway: 4.2 mi
- TWA Flight 260: 4.4 mi
- RIM-2 Terrier: 6.3 mi
- PGM-11 Redstone Rocket: 6.3 mi
- In Loving Rememberance of Gary Tisone: 2.2 mi
- 38 Years of Philip B Tollefsrud: 2.3 mi
- Shiny Orb Stone: 2.3 mi
- The Five Stones of the Elena Gallegos: 2.3 mi
- Osos del Cañon: 2.4 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 5.1 mi
- Museum of the American Military Family: 5.4 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 5.6 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 5.7 mi
- Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 5.8 mi
- Double Shelter Group Area: 2.2 mi
- Bobcat Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Bobcat Picnic Ground: 4.4 mi
- Dove Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Dove Picnic Ground: 4.4 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 2.3 mi
- Old Shelter: 3.3 mi
- Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker: 5.3 mi
- Public Safety Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Juan Tabo Cabin: 5.6 mi
- Bear Canyon Spring: 1.3 mi
- Old South Sandia Spring: 2.5 mi
- Embudo Spring: 2.5 mi
- Three Gun Spring: 2.5 mi
- South Sandia Spring: 2.9 mi
- Garden Center: 5.5 mi
- Albuquerque Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 5.8 mi
- Winrock Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 4.4 mi
- Trailhead: 12.4 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 13.4 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 15.0 mi
- Travertine Falls: 4.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Oso Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | N 4° | 3,255 m | 5.4 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | N 360° | 3,184 m | 7.1 mi |
| The Needle | N 359° | 3,127 m | 6.6 mi |
| The Thumb | N 2° | 3,081 m | 5.0 mi |
| The Chimney | N 2° | 3,051 m | 5.6 mi |
| Tombstone | N 2° | 3,048 m | 6.1 mi |
| Jawbone | NNE 17° | 3,014 m | 4.1 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | ESE 119° | 2,982 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jul–Oct — fullest in Jul, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hahn Arroyo IN Albuquerque, NM, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- tree cholla311 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus201 obs
- Sacred Datura168 obs
- Apache plume164 obs
- Sandia Hairstreak158 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush139 obs
- Curve-billed Thrasher133 obs
- Southwestern Fence Lizard113 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/7257521252
Day trips start here
- Cedar Crest · 5 mi
- Albuquerque · 11 mi
- Bernalillo · 13 mi
- Edgewood · 16 mi
- Central New Mexico · 21 mi
- Madrid · 26 mi
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