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Bluewater Village New Mexico Map

Explore Bluewater Village, 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 Bluewater Village, New Mexico

How to Use This Bluewater Village, New Mexico Map

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

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	Bluewater Village
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Cibola County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.246698
Longitude	-107.969468
Population	464
Density	50.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87005
Area Code	505
County Seat	Grants
School District	Grants-Cibola County Schools

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About Bluewater Village, New Mexico

Bluewater Village is a locality in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 464. The population density is 50.5 people per km². Bluewater Village is located at 35.2467°N, 107.9695°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87005.

Bluewater Village rests upon a high, arid plateau where the light at dusk settles like thin, cooling honey over the scrub and sagebrush. It lies 46.9 miles east-southeast of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 114°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Milan. The landscape is defined by the sharp, volcanic silhouette of El Tintero six miles to the north, watching over the dry expanse where Prop Canyon carves a deep, shadow-filled wound into the earth only a mile from the center of the settlement. To the east, the ponderosa pines of the Cibola National Forest offer a dark, coniferous contrast to the pale, sun-bleached grasses of the plains, while the life-giving waters of Bluewater Creek move with a quiet, persistent gravity through the terrain three miles away. The air here holds a distinct crispness, carrying the scent of dry earth and juniper, and the horizon remains vast enough to make the most solitary traveler feel momentarily suspended between the dust of the ground and the immense, vaulted clarity of the New Mexico sky.

Bluewater Village retains the quiet marks of its heritage, where the layering of Hispano and Anglo traditions informs the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. The regional economy has long relied on the rugged resilience of ranching and the modest stewardship of the land, drawing sustenance from the proximity of the Mount Taylor Ranger District and the surrounding high-desert pastures. While Monument Lake lies twenty-one miles away, serving as a distant point of interest for those seeking the stillness of deeper water, the identity of the locality remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the seasons and the harvest. Life in Bluewater Village moves without the interference of urgency, favoring the steady labor of maintaining fences and the patient observation of weather patterns that dictate the rhythm of the year. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the architecture clings to the earth, mirroring the muted tones of the high desert and proving that a place need not be loud to possess a singular, enduring character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 180° S · 1.6M acres
Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.0 mi, 313° NW
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 294° NW
Mount Taylor Historic Marker (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 141° SE
Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 135° SE
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 135° SE
The Roarin' 20's Sign (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 135° SE
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 145° SE · 263k acres
San Rafael Historical marker (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 149° SE
Grants Historic Marker (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 135° SE
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 11.7 mi, 140° SE · 109k acres
Casamero Community Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 12.9 mi, 339° N
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 253° W
El Malpais Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.3 mi, 156° SE · 21k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.4 mi, 196° S · 98k acres
Roy T. Herman's Garage (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 306° NW
Lava Caves (entry forbidden) (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 186° S
Garret Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 159° S
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 23.3 mi, 296° NW · 65 acres
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 24.6 mi, 236° SW · 1,040 acres
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.0 mi, 162° S · 62k acres
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.2 mi, 189° S · 40k acres
Phillips 66 Gas Station (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 116° SE
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 138° SE
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 39.5 mi, 298° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 41.6 mi, 299° NW
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 45.2 mi, 296° NW
USMC Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 47.6 mi, 294° NW
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 294° NW
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 51.4 mi, 256° W

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