Ampitheater Picnic Area

Ampitheater Picnic Area: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Ampitheater Picnic Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Ampitheater Picnic Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.79591, -106.28223. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Ampitheater Picnic Area

• Bandelier National Monument · sanctuary · Sandoval · ~6 km · Must-see
• Tsirege Pueblo Ruins · fort · Los Alamos · ~7 km · Must-see
• Tsankawi Pueblo · fort · Santa Fe · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bradbury Science Museum · museum · Los Alamos · ~12 km · Must-see
• Los Alamos History Museum · museum · Los Alamos · ~12 km · Must-see
• Dome Wilderness · sanctuary · Sandoval · ~13 km · Must-see
• KRSN-AM (Los Alamos) · attraction · Los Alamos · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cerro Grande · viewpoint · Sandoval · ~18 km · Must-see
• Cochiti Lake · lake · Sandoval · ~21 km · Must-see
• Valles Caldera supervolcano · viewpoint · Sandoval · ~23 km · Must-see
• Jemez Mountains Historic Marker · fort · Santa Fe · ~24 km · Must-see
• Santa Fe National Forest · sanctuary · Santa Fe · ~24 km · Must-see
• Puye Cliff Dwellings · fort · Rio Arriba · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cochiti Dam · lake · Sandoval · ~28 km · Must-see
• Chicoma Mountain · viewpoint · Rio Arriba · ~32 km · Must-see
• La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs · fort · Santa Fe · ~32 km · Must-see
• Poeh Cultural Center · museum · Santa Fe · ~33 km · Must-see
• Redondo Peak · viewpoint · Sandoval · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Ampitheater Picnic Area

Other parks near Ampitheater Picnic Area

• The Santa Fe Plaza · park · Santa Fe · ~42 km · Must-see
• Harvey Cornell Rose Park · park · Santa Fe · ~42 km · Must-see
• Jemez State Monument · park · Sandoval · ~46 km · Must-see
• Cliff's Amusement Park · park · Bernalillo · ~97 km · Must-see
• Rio Grande Nature Center State Park · park · Bernalillo · ~103 km · Must-see
• Cantonment Burgwin-1852-1860 Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~104 km · Must-see
• Roosevelt Park · park · Bernalillo · ~108 km · Must-see
• New Mexico Habitats · park · Bernalillo · ~108 km · Must-see
• Tingley Field · park · Bernalillo · ~108 km · Must-see
• Palo Flechado Pass Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~137 km · Must-see

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