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Alamo New Mexico Map

Explore Alamo, New Mexico, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alamo, New Mexico

How to Use This Alamo, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alamo, New Mexico. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Mexico or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alamo.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alamo
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Socorro County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	34.420892
Longitude	-107.510875
Population	1,150
Density	11.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87825
Area Code	575
County Seat	Socorro
School District	Magdalena Municipal Schools

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About Alamo, New Mexico

Alamo is a locality in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,150. The population density is 11.3 people per km². Alamo is located at 34.4209°N, 107.5109°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87825.

Alamo commands a vast expanse of high desert where the earth wears a palette of burnt sienna and pale ochre under an expansive, unrelenting sky. It lies 51.6 miles west-southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 239°T), and is situated 53.8 miles south-southeast of Grants. The landscape is defined by the sharp, downward slope of Jaramillo Canyon just a mile away, where the Rio Salado carves a narrow, seasonal path through the arid floor. To the west, the Gallinas Mountains rise as a jagged, violet silhouette against the horizon, anchoring the perspective of a land that feels both ancient and indifferent to the passage of time. As the sun dips low, the light stretches long, thin shadows across the scrub brush, turning the gray dust into a soft, glowing copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the temperature has begun to plummet.

Alamo preserves a quiet, rugged character shaped by the intersection of long-standing traditions and the spare, demanding nature of the high desert economy. Residents look toward the nearby Cibola National Forest for recreation and a reprieve from the heat, while the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, deliberate pace of rural life. History lingers in the architecture and the way the local families maintain their ties to the soil, even as modern shifts in the regional landscape slowly alter the patterns of trade. Life in Alamo remains tethered to the essential realities of water and wind, with the nearby Benevites Tank serving as a small, vital gathering point that punctuates the otherwise sparse, open range.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 5.8 mi, 101° E · 1.6M acres
Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.7 mi, 088° E
Sierra Ladrones Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.3 mi, 095° E · 48k acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 317° NW · 263k acres
Petaca Pinta Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.0 mi, 360° N · 12k acres
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 mi, 318° NW · 62k acres
Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.5 mi, 024° NE
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 090° E · 456k acres
Very Large Array (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 195° S
Shiva:Shiwana (Public Artwork) — 24.8 mi, 195° S
Dobson House Historic Site (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 144° SE
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 143° SE
San Lorenzo Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.8 mi, 113° SE
Withington Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.4 mi, 179° S · 19k acres
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 353° N
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 33.7 mi, 310° NW · 109k acres
Magdalena Fault Historical Marker (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 134° SE
Lightning Field (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 282° W
Tribute to Randall G. Sanders (Monument) — 36.3 mi, 103° E
Garret Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 41.0 mi, 334° NW
Alice Kase Memorial Bench (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 125° SE
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 068° E
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 48.2 mi, 238° SW · 1.8M acres
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.2 mi, 139° SE · 114k acres
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 54.3 mi, 339° N
Site of historic Isleta Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 57.9 mi, 054° NE
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 65.8 mi, 047° NE
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 66.0 mi, 047° NE
Nature Theater (Theatre) — 66.1 mi, 046° NE
The Wheels Museum (Museum) — 66.5 mi, 047° NE

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