Tijeras Canyon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 5,295 feet
- Description: mountain pass in New Mexico east of Albuquerque
- Also known as: “Tijeras Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Mountain Library and Holy Child Church.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tijeras and Cedar Crest.
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.
Cedar Crest
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…
Zuzax
Hamlet
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.
Tijeras Canyon
- Categories: canyon and landform
- Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.08195° or 35° 4′ 55″ northLongitude
-106.38742° or 106° 23′ 15″ westElevation
5,295 feet (1,614 metres)Open location code
857M3JJ7+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 10168553724OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Tijeras Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tijeras Canyon (walog sa Tinipong Bansa, New Mexico)”
- Cebuano: “Tijeras Canyon”
- French: “Tijeras Canyon”
- Spanish: “Cañón de las Tijeras”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Baptist Church of Tijeras and Tijeras Post Office.
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