Arroyo Hondo New Mexico Map
Explore Arroyo Hondo, 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 Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
How to Use This Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arroyo Hondo, 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 Arroyo Hondo.
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 | Arroyo Hondo |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Taos County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.610294 |
| Longitude | -105.944991 |
| Population | 331 |
| Density | 40.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87513 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Taos |
| School District | Santa Fe Public Schools |
About Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Arroyo Hondo is a locality in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 331. The population density is 40.3 people per km². Arroyo Hondo is located at 35.6103°N, 105.9450°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87513.Arroyo Hondo occupies a rugged expanse of high desert, defined by the persistent, life-giving flow of the Rio Hondo as it carves through the earth. It lies 44.1 miles north-northeast of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 31°T), and is situated 5.7 miles west-northwest of Arroyo Seco. The land here holds the sun in a way that turns the golden grasses to amber, casting long, stark shadows across the arid terrain that stretches toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Only a mile away, the expansive, volcanic landscape of the Río Grande Del Norte National Monument offers a raw reminder of the geologic forces that shaped this region, while the deeper fissures of Ojitos Canyon remain quiet, sequestered pockets of stillness in a vast, open territory.
Arroyo Hondo preserves a quiet resilience, rooted in layers of Hispano and Anglo history that have long relied on the rhythms of the seasons and the harsh, beautiful requirements of the high desert. The local economy persists in the quiet pursuit of small-scale agriculture and the creative labors of artists who seek the particular, sharp clarity of the light found here. Life moves in accordance with the annual cycles of the harvest, far removed from the frantic pace of larger centers, maintaining a sense of permanence that outlasts the temporary shifts of the modern world. Visitors who wander toward the horizon might find the solitude of Taoses Tank, yet the true character of the place remains in the silence between the gusts of wind and the steady, ancient passage of the Rio Hondo.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Seton Castle Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 134° SE
- Arroyo Hondo Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 052° NE
- Arroyo Hondo (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 052° NE
- Las Estancias Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 318° NW
- Cactus Rescue Project (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 349° N
- Ragle Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 331° NW
- Donaciana (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 285° W
- Sara Miller Contemporary Art Gallery (Gallery) — 3.0 mi, 274° W
- The Books model (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 264° W
- Visual Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 3.0 mi, 263° W
- Science on a Sphere (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 262° W
- Bruns Hospital Area Other (National Forest) — 3.6 mi, 327° NW · 7 acres
- Ironstone Gardens (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 343° N
- Vital Spaces (Arts Centre) — 3.7 mi, 334° NW
- P`aula Roland Art (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 346° N
- Thaw Art History Center (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 330° NW
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 014° N
- López Horno Plaza (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 014° N
- Berlin Gathering Place Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 014° N
- Clark Exploration Place (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 014° N
- No Name Cinema (Cinema) — 4.0 mi, 335° NW
- Santa Fe on the Camino Real (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 328° NW
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 044° NE · 1.5M acres
- City of Santa Fe Firefighters Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 339° N
- Santa Fe Canyon Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.3 mi, 310° NW
- La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 261° W
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.9 mi, 046° NE · 222k acres
- Hyde Memorial State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 036° NE
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.7 mi, 295° NW · 25k acres
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 19.9 mi, 300° NW · 34k acres
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About This Arroyo Hondo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.610294, -105.944991. 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 Arroyo Hondo includes the ZIP code (87513), telephone area code (505), county seat of Taos County (Taos), and school district assignment (Santa Fe Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
