MetroABQ Parks & Greenspaces Part III
Parks & Greenspaces Part I & Part II
Away from the Rio Grande, there are plenty of greenspaces & parks within a 10-minute walk from most neighborhoods. Two parks on opposite sides of the city are seen above: Little Cloud Park in the NE Sandia Heights, with a children's play area, is directly above. More than 10 miles away, on the westside, sits the 13.6 acre Santa Fe Village Park, looking toward the Sandia Mountain chain, two above. There are a bunch of neighborhoods there, adjacent to the Taylor Ranch Library & the Petroglyph National Monument.
Another benefit of generous parklands in the city is the mitigation of the Heat-Island effect. Large greenspaces like the Petroglyph National Monument, seen below, on the westside & urban-area parks like Tiguex Park in Old Town & Roosevelt Park go a long way to absorbing some of the excess heat created by asphalt & concrete.
