Mirador de Montaña Limón

Mirador de Montaña Limón is a parking area in Güímar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Mirador de Montaña Limón is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Mirador Montaña Limón, as well as near the ruins Pozo de Arriba.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teide Observatory and QUIJOTE Experiment.

Teide Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Teide Observatory, IAU code 954, is an astronomical observatory on Mount Teide at 2,390 metres, located on Tenerife, Spain. It has been operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias since its inauguration in 1964. Teide Observatory is situated 1½ km southwest of Mirador de Montaña Limón.

QUIJOTE Experiment

Building

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment is an ongoing experiment started in November 2012, and led by Rafael Rebolo López, with the goal of characterizing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and other galactic and extragalactic emission in the frequency range 10 to 40 GHz, at angular scales of 1°. QUIJOTE Experiment is situated 1½ km southwest of Mirador de Montaña Limón.

Laboratorio Solar

Building

Photo: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Laboratorio Solar is a building, which is situated 2 km southwest of Mirador de Montaña Limón.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arafo and La Orotava.

Arafo

Village

Photo: Martely, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arafo is a village, which is situated 9 km east of Mirador de Montaña Limón.

La Orotava

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

La Orotava is a city of 42,000 people in Tenerife. Its historic centre is included in the Inventory of the European Cultural Heritage Protection, and much of the Teide National Park is in the municipality.