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Black Hat New Mexico Map

Explore Black Hat, 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 Black Hat, New Mexico

How to Use This Black Hat, New Mexico Map

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

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	Black Hat
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	McKinley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.6311
Longitude	-108.9641
Population	12
Density	4.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	86515, 87301
Area Code	505
County Seat	Gallup
School District	Gallup-McKinley County Schools

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About Black Hat, New Mexico

Black Hat is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 4.4 people per km². Black Hat is located at 35.6311°N, 108.9641°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 86515, 87301.

Black Hat anchors itself upon a stark, arid plateau where the earth wears a thin, dusty coat of sagebrush and scrub. It lies 14.3 miles west-northwest of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 300°T), and is situated 6.0 miles southeast of Window Rock. The Burned Through the Rock Wash carves a jagged, seasonal path through the terrain, its dry bed waiting for the sudden, violent rains that turn dust into heavy, iron-colored mud. To the distance, the singular profile of The Haystacks rises like a broken monument against the sharp, unyielding blue of the sky. The air here holds a profound dryness that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone and shadow, particularly as the sun begins to dip and the light turns the color of a bruised peach.

Black Hat persists as a quiet crossroads where the long history of the region is written in the silence of the high desert. Life moves in alignment with the Tse Bonito Valley, a broad expanse that draws the eye toward the horizon and dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the local economy. Those seeking a different kind of movement might travel nine miles to the Fort Defiance Skate/Bmx Park, though the true character of the land is found in the stillness of the open range. It is a place where the landscape demands a certain humility, where the twenty-mile trek to the waters of Red Lake feels like a pilgrimage across a vast and ancient floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 306° NW
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 6.1 mi, 288° W
Fort Defiance Skate/Bmx Park (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 324° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 322° NW
Chief Manulieto Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 119° SE
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 119° SE
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 119° SE
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 188° S
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 115° SE
Arizona Boundary (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 194° S
Yellowhorse Trading Post (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 195° S
Arizona Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 195° S
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 107° E
Church Rock (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 106° E
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.6 mi, 111° E
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 25.1 mi, 131° SE · 1.6M acres
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 116° SE
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 31.2 mi, 213° SW
Hubbel Trading Post and Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 279° W
Three Turkey Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 318° NW
Wide Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 234° SW
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 37.8 mi, 115° SE · 65 acres
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 171° S
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 51.6 mi, 232° SW · 53k acres
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 51.9 mi, 223° SW · 148k acres
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 52.7 mi, 140° SE · 1,040 acres
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 58.8 mi, 043° NE · 48k acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 64.3 mi, 141° SE · 263k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 64.8 mi, 134° SE · 109k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 65.8 mi, 134° SE · 98k acres

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