This charming city just north of Albuquerque sits at the foot of the Sandia Mountains with the powerful Rio Grande River rushing close by. The city's Pueblo roots are still evident in its architecture, food, cultural traditions, music, and festivals held throughout the year. And the great outdoors doesn't get much better than it is in Bernalillo with its average of 310 days of sunshine each year! The inherent beauty of the mountains and rivers is the perfect backdrop for year round activities including horseback riding, mountain climbing, camping, fishing, boating, skiing, snowboarding, hang gliding, golfing and much more. Bernalillo residents also enjoy the professional sports offered by the nearby Albuquerque Isotopes minor league baseball team, the Albuquerque Thunderbirds minor NBA basketball team, the New Mexico Scorpions minor league hockey team, University of New Mexico athletics, and rodeo activities culminating in the Annual Rodeo. Nestled by nearby Albuquerque, Bernalillo sits in the high-tech research and manufacturing area of the state where companies and organizations such as Intel, the Kirtland Air Force Base, Centex, and Sandia National Laboratories call home. Bernalillo also boasts fine public and private schools with seven institutions of higher learning available to students in the area.