Alcalde New Mexico Map
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Interactive Map of Alcalde, New Mexico
| City | Alcalde |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Rio Arriba County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 36.088912 |
| Longitude | -106.053634 |
| Population | 310 |
| Density | 232.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87511 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Tierra Amarilla |
| School District | Española Municipal Schools |
About Alcalde, New Mexico
Alcalde is a locality in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 232.0 people per km². Alcalde is located at 36.0889°N, 106.0536°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87511.Alcalde persists as a quiet stretch of high desert where the earth wears a coat of pale, sun-bleached ochre. It lies 6.9 miles north-northeast of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of La Mesilla. The air here holds a singular, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant Sangre de Cristo Mountains, their peaks rising like jagged, violet teeth against the vast blue dome of the afternoon. A mile away, the Arroyo de los Chavez cuts a dry, serpentine path through the scrubland, marking the ground with the fine, silty signatures of past rains. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape tilts toward the deep, shadowed creases of the Cañon del Rio Grande, where the light pulls long, melancholic shadows across the sagebrush as the day wanes.
Alcalde maintains a deliberate, agrarian pace, its life cycle tethered to the seasonal pulse of chile harvests and the patient tending of small orchard plots. This locality sits in close proximity to the Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a terrain that preserves the raw, unadorned geology of the high plateau. The history of the region is written in the adobe walls of old dwellings, which absorb the heat of the day and release it slowly into the cooling evening. For those seeking the rugged silence of the backcountry, the Lemitas Trail offers a passage through the wilder reaches, while the Lower Entranas Trick Tank remains a solitary, hidden waypoint in the arid expanse. The economy here remains modest and rooted, favoring the quiet commerce of the land over the frantic pace of larger hubs.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.1 mi, 302° NW
- Sombrillo Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.4 mi, 152° SE
- Espanola Valley Historic Marker (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 202° S
- Gear Up Graduation Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 171° S
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 6.1 mi, 270° W · 1.5M acres
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 187° S
- Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 191° S
- Española Valley Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 193° S
- Bond House Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 194° S
- Veterens Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 193° S
- Oratorio de San Buenaventura Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 132° SE
- Classical Gas Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 034° NE
- Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 10.5 mi, 017° N · 1.4M acres
- Castillo Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 118° SE
- Indian Ruins Cliff Dwellings (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 239° SW
- Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.4 mi, 048° NE · 19k acres
- Marianne Hornbuckle Fine Art (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 184° S
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 195° S
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.2 mi, 132° SE · 222k acres
- Poeh Cultural Center (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 171° S
- Posi Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 14.5 mi, 359° N
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 299° NW
- 1625 Gallery Cacahuate Local Art (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 299° NW
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 17.3 mi, 208° SW · 34k acres
- Anderson Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.0 mi, 214° SW
- Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 20.1 mi, 047° NE · 311k acres
- Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 244° SW · 89k acres
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 24.3 mi, 213° SW · 25k acres
- Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.5 mi, 129° SE · 6,823 acres
- Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 29.1 mi, 232° SW · 58k acres
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About This Alcalde Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alcalde, New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.088912, -106.053634. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Alcalde includes the ZIP code (87511), telephone area code (505), county seat of Rio Arriba County (Tierra Amarilla), and school district assignment (Española Municipal Schools).
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
