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Barton New Mexico Map

Explore Barton, 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 Barton, New Mexico

How to Use This Barton, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barton, 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 Barton.

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.

CityBarton
StateNew Mexico (NM)
CountyBernalillo County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude35.065283
Longitude-106.256859
Population1,282
Density54.1 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code87015
Area Code505
County SeatAlbuquerque
School DistrictMoriarty Municipal Schools

About Barton, New Mexico

Barton is a locality in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,282. The population density is 54.1 people per km². Barton is located at 35.0653°N, 106.2569°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87015.

Barton occupies a high-plains threshold where the earth stretches wide under an expansive, unyielding sky. It lies 22.2 miles east-southeast of North Valley, NM (from North Valley, NM: bearing 106°T), and is situated 3.5 miles west-northwest of Edgewood. The landscape around Barton is defined by the rugged descent into Juan Tomas Canyon, a deep fissure that marks the transition from the plateau toward the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Sandia Mountains. Beyond the immediate scrub and arid grasses, the terrain rises toward the dense canopy of the Sandia Ranger District, while the seasonal flow of Tijeras Arroyo carves a subtle, winding path through the dry substrate. At dusk, the light here loses its harshness, casting long, bruised shadows that deepen the ochre hues of the soil and lend a sudden, fragile clarity to the horizon.

Economic life in Barton persists in the quiet intervals between the cycles of the regional agricultural calendar and the flow of local commerce. Residents often find their way toward the educational and cultural programs at Wildlife West, a space that serves as a focal point for understanding the precarious ecology of this high desert expanse. History here is felt in the layers of land use, from the remnants of older homesteading efforts to the modern, pragmatic rhythm of daily transit and small-scale trade. Life in Barton moves with the deliberate pace of those who watch the weather patterns shifting over the distant peaks, recognizing that water, whether pulled from the earth or gathered in the basin of Mescalero Reservoir, remains the quiet arbiter of all local ambition.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sedillo Ridge (State Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 252° W
  • Happy Firetruck (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 328° NW
  • Wildlife West (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 082° E
  • Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 3.2 mi, 270° W · 1.6M acres
  • Juan Tomas (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 199° S
  • Sabino Canyon (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 250° W
  • Pine Flat Recreation Site, Plo 1663 Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 5.6 mi, 228° SW
  • Museum of the American Military Family (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 280° W
  • Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 278° W
  • Public Safety Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 276° W
  • Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.6 mi, 283° W · 38k acres
  • Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 311° NW
  • Tinkertown Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 319° NW
  • Pa-ako ruins (Historic Ruins) — 9.9 mi, 341° N
  • Flat Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.2 mi, 283° W
  • Moriarty Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 110° E
  • TWA Flight 260 (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 311° NW
  • Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 299° NW
  • Robert M. White Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 299° NW
  • Henderson Store (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
  • Old Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 304° NW
  • Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 305° NW
  • RIM-2 Terrier (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 270° W
  • National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 270° W
  • Weems Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.9 mi, 289° W
  • Bernalillo Watershed, Plo 1882 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 321° NW · 2,412 acres
  • Bernalillo Watershed Addition, Plo 3839 10/4/1965 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 324° NW · 1,700 acres
  • Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 204° SW · 37k acres
  • Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 26.1 mi, 288° W · 2,949 acres
  • Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 33.2 mi, 003° N · 1.5M acres

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About This Barton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barton, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.065283, -106.256859. 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 Barton includes the ZIP code (87015), telephone area code (505), county seat of Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), and school district assignment (Moriarty Municipal 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.