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.

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 4,000 feet east of Leaving Tijeras.

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

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…

Carnuel

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Carnuel is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,232 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Carnuel is situated 3½ miles west of Leaving Tijeras.

Leaving Tijeras

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.07997° or 35° 4′ 48″ north

Longitude

-106.39447° or 106° 23′ 40″ west

Open location code

857M3JH4+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9703433310

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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