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Active Knowledge Trips & Tours (Nob Hill)
Location: Historic Nob Hill
3407 Central Ave. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: (505) 238-8638
Fax: (505) 212-0162
Days Open: Daily
Hours of Operation: 7am-7pm
 Reservations: Yes  Handicap Accessible: Limited
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Cultural & educational tours of the Southwest. 1-14 day bike/hike/rafting. CC,HL,Res.
Credit Cards: Accepted

Bike Coop Ltd., The (Nob Hill)
Location: Historic Nob Hill
3407 Central Ave. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: (505) 265-5170
Fax: (505) 265-3536
 Reservations: Yes  Handicap Accessible: Limited
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The Bike Coop (to pronounce it, think chicken coop).
Credit Cards: Accepted

1977-2007 Thirty-Years-Old (get a Bike Coop Tee shirt at 50% off if you mention our age).

We carry the following bikes:

Lapierre Bikes as ridden by Francaise des Jeux pro tour cycling team.

Redline (cross)

KHS (road, mountain)

Niner (29 inch mountain bikes)

Bare Knuckle (Fixed made to order)

Origin-8 (Carbon road frames, made to order)

Freeagent (BMX)

Sun (single and 3 speed coaster style)

Repairs on all makes and models:

Wheel building

Bike Fit

Bike Tours

Coaching, all levels.

Shop Sponsor of Nob Hill Velo Cycling Team


City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center (West Side)
Location: Westside
6500 Coors Blvd. N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Phone: (505) 897-8831
Toll Free: (505)
Fax: (505) 897-0572
Days Open: Tue-Sat
Hours of Operation: 9-5
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The Open Space Visitor Center is a premier facility on the west side of Albuquerque.

It offers interpretive exhibits and information about the Open Space program. The Visitor Center has exhibits interpreting the amazing natural and cultural resources open space protects. It also features an art gallery, 24 acres of agriculture fields and stunning views of the Sandia Mountains.

The Open Space Visitor Center also offers comfortable indoor and outdoor viewing areas where you can watch wildlife year round, and Sandhill cranes and other migratory birds during their fall and winter migratory season. For a list of open space hiking trails, visit www.cabq.gov/openspace/lands.


Elena Gallegos Picnic Area, Albert G. Simms Park
Location: Eastside
7100 Tramway Blvd. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87122
Phone: (505) 452-5200
Fax: (505) 873-6628
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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640 acres with a nature preserve and hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, picnicking and sightseeing. Admission prices apply.

Ice Cave & Bandera Volcano
Location: Neighboring Communities: Other Communities
12000 Ice Caves Rd
(25 mi SW of Grants, Hwy 53)
Grants, NM 87020
Phone: (505) 783-4303
Toll Free: (888) ICE-CAVE
Days Open: Mon-Sun
Hours of Operation: 8 am - 1 hour prior to Sunset
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For a real experience in contrast visit the "Land of Fire & Ice." $9 ages (13+); $4 ages (5 - 12) ; under 5 is free.
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
WiFi/Internet: Wireless
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 90

New Mexico Jeep Tours
Location: Eastside
9950 Florence Ave. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87122
Phone: (505) 252-0112
Fax: (505) 856-9988
Days Open: Open Daily
Hours of Operation: 7am-10pm
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Visit the heart of the Land of Enchantment.
Credit Cards: Accepted

See and feel the beauty of our State from a Jeep. Visit Spanish homesteads dating back to the 1700's or ruins of the Anasazi. Feel what it must have been like to live in such an open landscape, bordered only by ancient volcanoes. You are my guest and I promise to keep you safe and comfortable. If photography is your goal, I can cater to your subject, light and times. Take an adventure and see New Mexico as it should be seen. For more information visit www.NMjeeptours.com.


Sandia Lakes Recreation Area
Location: Neighboring Communities: North of Albuquerque
11143 Hwy. 85 N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87114
Phone: (505) 897-3971
Fax: (505) 897-5119
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Total renovation in 2008; superb fishing, convenience store with bait and tackle; pavilion with kitchen and grills. North of Albuquerque on Hwy 313 near Sandia Pueblo.

Sandia Peak Mountain Biking
Location: Eastside
Mile Marker 6, Crest Scenic Byway,
Hwy 536
Albuquerque, NM 87059
Phone: (505) 242-9052
Fax: (505) 242-6549
Hours of Operation: Weekends/Holidays
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Mountain bike trail system 15+ miles, bike rental shop, bike/chairlift, scenic chair rides and cafe. Weekends and holidays, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Balloon Fiesta.
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Concessions: Yes

Shooting Range Park
16001 Shooting Range Access Rd.N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Phone: (505) 836-8785
Toll Free: (505)
Fax: (505)
Days Open: Wed-Sun
Hours of Operation: 9-5
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A premiere shooting facility located conveniently west of Albuquerque, 12 miles west of the intersection of I-25 and I-40.

The Park provides a safe environment for shooters of all ages to practice and learn the skills of using a firearm.

Rifle/Pistol/Muzzleloading/Skeet/Trap.


Skate Parks - City of Albuquerque
Location: Citywide
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone: (505) 768-5300
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Albuquerque has five skate parks located throughout the metropolitan area.

They are all designed to provide a recreational environement for in-line skaters, BMX bicyclists and skateboarders to ride and develop their technique:

Tower Skate Park - 86th & Tower, NW

Los Altos Skate Park - 10140 Lomas, NE

Coronado Skate Park - 4th St & McKnight, NW

Alamosa Skate Park - 6900 Gonzales Rd., SW

Northwest Modular Skate Park - Coors Blvd. Bypass & Seven Bar Loop


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