Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker
Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker is a memorial in Bernalillo, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,398 feet. Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker is situated nearby to First Baptist Church of Tijeras, as well as near Tijeras Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tijeras Canyon and East Mountain Library.
Tijeras Canyon
Mountain saddle
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 780 feet west of Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker.
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 1,900 feet northeast of Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker.
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. Zuzax is situated 3½ miles northeast of Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker.
Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This pass between the Sandía and Manzano Mountains has been a natural route for travel between eastern New Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley since prehistoric times. Known as Cañon de Carnué in the Spanish colonial period, it takes its present name . . .”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.08033° or 35° 4′ 49″ northLongitude
-106.38712° or 106° 23′ 14″ westElevation
6,398 feet (1,950 metres)Open location code
857M3JJ7+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 357612080OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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