Albuquerque is a sprawling city, on the East and West sides of the Rio Grande (River) with many villages and towns that surround it, including:
Bernalillo, Bosque Farms, Cedar Crest, Corrales, Los Lunas, North Valley, Rio Rancho, South Valley, Tijeras, Sandia Park.
Santa Fe is just about an hour away as well!
Points of scenic interest include:
- Bosque (Cottonwood trees along both sides of the river with walking/riding trails through the entire city)
- Rio Grande (River)
- Sandia and Manzano Mountains
![Albuquerque Sunset](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sunset-768x427.jpg)
![Sandia Mountains](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunflowers.jpg)
![View of Sandia Crest from East Mountains](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/View-of-Sandia-Crest-from-East-Mountains.jpg)
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![Winter Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gatesnow.jpg)
![Balloon Fiesta Over Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/balloon1.jpg)
![Fall Cottonwoods in Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ivy-driveway.jpg)
![Woven Basket](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/basket.jpg)
![Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/treegate.jpg)
![Sandias & Sunflowers](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunflowers2.jpg)
![Corrales Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/snowtrees.jpg)
![Albuquerque from foothills](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abq-foothills2.jpg)
![Corrales Sunset](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunset1.jpg)
![Balloon Fiesta Glow](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/balloon-glow.jpg)
![Corrales Spring](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/quince-and-gate.jpg)
![Sunset Sandia Park](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunset-sandia-park-e1596739784175.jpg)
![Albuquerque Foothills](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abq-foothills.jpg)
![Corrales Fall](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gatefall2.jpg)
![Sandia Crest View](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/crest.jpg)
![Apple Orchard at Sunset](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/apple-sunset.jpg)
![Balloons Over Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/balloon-fiesta-corrales.jpg)
![Bosque in Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bosque-winter.jpg)
![Ride on Corrales Clear Ditch](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/clear-ditch-e1596645155219.jpg)
![Sun & Clouds Over Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/clouds-and-sun-768x583.jpg)
![Cows in Orchard](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cows.jpg)
![Cranes & Geese in Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cranes-and-geese.jpg)
![Sandia Crest View of Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/crest2.jpg)
![Corrales Sunrise](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/corralessunrise-768x342.jpg)
![Fall Along Irrigation Ditch](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ditch-corrales-fall.jpg)
![Downs At Albuquerque Racetrack & Casino](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/downs-at-abq.jpg)
![Corrales Fall](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fall-corrales.jpg)
![Corrales Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fury-snow.jpg)
![Golf Course in Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/golf-course.jpg)
![Sandia Mountains from Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sandias-winter-albuquerque.jpg)
![Halloween in Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/halloween-balloon.jpg)
![Hollyhocks](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hollyhocks-e1596648978140.jpg)
![Horno Outdoor Oven](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/horno.jpg)
![Rio Grande Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/river-mountain-winter.jpg)
![Horsehair Pottery](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/horsehair-pottery-e1596649065528.jpg)
![January Clouds](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/january-clouds.jpg)
![Adobe Kiva fireplace](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/kiva-e1596649257102.jpg)
![Kimo Theater in Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/kimo.jpg)
![Luminarias at Christmas](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/luminarias-e1596649374199.jpg)
![Rio Grande](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/river-dark.jpg)
![Pear Tree in Fall](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pear-tree-fall-e1596649466708.jpg)
![Old Town in Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/old-town.jpg)
![Sandia Park Driveway](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sandia-Park-driveway.jpg)
![Sunset Corrales Apple Orchard](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunsetapple.jpg)
![Pear Tree in Spring](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pear-tree-spring.jpg)
![Porcupine in Bosque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/porcupine-768x576.jpg)
![Red Chile Ristras](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ristra.jpg)
![Rio Grande and Sandia Mountains](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/river-corrales.jpg)
![Rio Grande and Balloon Fiesta](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/riverballoons.jpg)
![Roadrunner in Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/roadrunner.jpg)
![Sunset Cottonwood Mall Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunset-cottonwood-mall.jpg)
![Roadrunner at Our Office](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/roadrunner2.jpg)
![Sandia Mountains from Rio Rancho](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sandias-rio-rancho.jpg)
![Sunset Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunset-vita.jpg)
![Balloons Over Apple Orchard](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/balloon2.jpg)
![Sunrise Edgewood](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunrise-edgewood.jpg)
![Sandia Mountains Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sandias-snow.jpg)
![Sunset Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunset-corrales.jpg)
![Setting Moon Corrales](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/setting-moon.jpg)
![Sandia Mountains from West Side of Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sandia-Mountains-from-West-Side-of-Albuquerque.jpg)
![Sunrise in Edgewood](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunrise-edgewood2.jpg)
![UNM Zimmerman Library Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/zimmerman-library-768x469.jpg)
![Spanish Broom](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/spanish-broom-e1596650141323.jpg)
![Corrales Winter](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/snowtrees-1.jpg)
![Cowboy in North Valley Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/steer.png)
![Sandia Mountains from I-40 in Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sandias-from-I-40-in-Albuquerque.jpg)
![Rio Grande Summer](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/river-sun.jpg)
![Sunrise Alameda Bridge Albuquerque](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sunrise-alameda-bridge.jpg)
![Sandia Peak Tram](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tram.jpg)
![Cattle in Jemez Mountains](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cows-in-mountains.jpg)
![South Mountain in Edgewood](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Mountain-in-Edgewood.jpg)
![Cowboy Roping a Steer](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rodeo-768x433.jpg)
![South Mountain in Edgewood](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sleeping-Elephant-East-Mountains-768x643.jpg)
![Santa Ana Golf Course](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/santa-ana-golf-course-768x803.jpg)
![Albuquerque City Lights from Sandia Crest](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/city-lights-768x576.jpg)
![Sandia Park Double Rainbow](https://cnm-usbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/double-rainbow.jpg)