Paako Ruin

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Tijeras Canyon

Mountain saddle

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Tijeras Canyon is a prominent canyon in the central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It separates the Sandia Mountains subrange to the north from the Manzano Mountains subrange to the south.

East Mountain Library

Library

Photo: AllenS, Public domain.

East Mountain Library is situated 1½ miles southwest of Paako Ruin.

Holy Child Church

Church

Photo: MRobison, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holy Child Church is a historic church off I-40 in Tijeras, New Mexico. It was built in 1912 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Holy Child Church is situated 1¼ miles south of Paako Ruin.

Places in the Area

Cedar Crest

Photo: osseous, CC BY 2.0.

Cedar Crest is a small settlement in Central New Mexico, situated on the eastern side of the Sandia Mountains, opposite Albuquerque. Scattered along the base of the mountains alongside the village of Tijeras directly to the south and the tiny settlement…

Tijeras

Village

Photo: AllenS, Public domain.

Tijeras is a village in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 465 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Tijeras is situated 1½ miles south of Paako Ruin.

Zuzax

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Zuzax is an unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It lies on NM 333, about eleven miles east of Albuquerque. It is now largely an area of subdivisions. An exit for Zuzax exists on nearby I-40. Zuzax is situated 2½ miles east of Paako Ruin.

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