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Wolf Spring

Wolf Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wolf Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,339 m. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cienega Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Turquoise Trail passes 0.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.17319, -106.38777

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions
Artworks: 53
Museums: 34
  • Tinkertown Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Tinkertown Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 2.4 mi
  • Museum of the American Military Family: 6.2 mi
  • Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 31
Picnic sites: 28
  • Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.4 mi
  • Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.5 mi
  • Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.5 mi
  • Doc Long Picnic Ground: 0.6 mi
  • Doc Long Picnic Ground: 0.6 mi
Springs: 20
Gardens: 16
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Garden Center: 10.3 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Winrock Garden: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Wolf Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestNW 306°3,255 m4.3 mi
North Sandia PeakNW 318°3,184 m5.8 mi
The NeedleNW 313°3,127 m5.5 mi
The ThumbWNW 300°3,081 m4.3 mi
The ChimneyNW 306°3,051 m4.6 mi
TombstoneNW 311°3,048 m4.9 mi
JawboneWNW 292°3,014 m2.9 mi
South Sandia PeakSSW 214°2,982 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5219:4620:24
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1116:1916:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313540495766686661503930

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 3 mi away.

  • alpine cancer-root161 obs
  • creeping mahonia148 obs
  • Abert's Squirrel142 obs
  • Southwestern Ponderosa Pine126 obs
  • Dwarf Lousewort101 obs
  • pinewoods geranium98 obs
  • great mullein93 obs
  • alligator juniper89 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7257521223

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