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Bent New Mexico Map

Explore Bent, 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 Bent, New Mexico

How to Use This Bent, New Mexico Map

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

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	Bent
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Otero County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	33.142547
Longitude	-105.87237
Population	150
Density	9.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88314
Area Code	575
County Seat	Alamogordo
School District	Tularosa Municipal Schools

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About Bent, New Mexico

Bent is a locality in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 150. The population density is 9.4 people per km². Bent is located at 33.1425°N, 105.8724°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88314.

Bent exists where the Tularosa Creek carves a persistent path through the rugged floor of Nogal Canyon. It lies 18.9 miles north-northeast of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 18°T), and is situated 16.0 miles southwest of Ruidoso. The landscape here is defined by high desert aridity and the sharp, sudden contours of a basin that catches the long, golden light of the afternoon. To the east, the Sacramento Mountains rise in a wall of shadowed ridges, their higher elevations cloaked in the dark green of the Lincoln National Forest. The air in Bent carries the scent of dry earth and sun-warmed piñon, a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows of the canyon long before the sun disappears behind the crests.

Bent retains the quiet character of a place built upon layers of Hispano and Anglo settlement, where the cultivation of the land has always been a conversation between the water and the dust. While the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of small-scale agriculture and the sparse grazing of livestock, the history of the area is marked by the slow, deliberate pace of those who work the soil. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift of the light and the occasional journey toward Burch Tank, the nearest mirror of water in an otherwise thirsty expanse. There is an unadorned honesty to the way Bent persists, a settlement defined not by grand gestures, but by the steady endurance of its inhabitants against the backdrop of an uncompromising and expansive horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 161° S · 1.1M acres
Casper Baca Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 6.6 mi, 077° E
Samson Miller Memorial Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 6.6 mi, 076° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 240° SW
Dry Falls (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 188° S
DH Sutherland House Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 200° S
Juan Jose Gutierrez House Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 199° S
Juan Garcia House Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 200° S
Giant Pistachio (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 214° SW
High Rolls Tunnel (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 176° S
Cloudcroft Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 13.9 mi, 146° SE
Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 148° SE
Three Rivers Petroglyph Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.5 mi, 331° NW
New Mexico Museum of Space History (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 190° S
Grave of Ham the Astrochimp (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 190° S
White Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.1 mi, 000° N · 47k acres
Ruidoso River Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 040° NE
Alamogordo Founders Park (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 197° S
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 046° NE
Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 19.9 mi, 188° S
Museum of the Horse (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 051° NE
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 24.7 mi, 221° SW · 148k acres
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 038° NE
Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 26.5 mi, 041° NE · 28k acres
Oliver Lee State Park (State Park) — 27.1 mi, 185° S
Sacramento Columbarium (Monument) — 30.4 mi, 144° SE
Carrizozo Lava Flow Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 33.1 mi, 350° N · 10k acres
Riley, Lynch & Holmes (Gallery) — 34.4 mi, 359° N
Capitan Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.2 mi, 036° NE · 36k acres
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 62.9 mi, 219° SW · 574k acres

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