Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.
City of Albuquerque Open Space (~640 acres) on the Sandia foothills at Elena Gallegos Picnic Area / Albert G. Simms Park. Piñon-juniper habitat with foothills wildlife (coyote, occasional bear/cougar sign, birds). Cottonwood Springs Trail is a short paved interpretive path to a pond and wildlife viewing blind; longer foothill trails connect into the Sandia foothills network.