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Boles Acres New Mexico Map

Explore Boles Acres, 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 Boles Acres, New Mexico

How to Use This Boles Acres, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	32.820016
Longitude	-105.97768
Population	1,788
Density	56.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88311
Area Code	575
County Seat	Alamogordo
School District	Alamogordo Public Schools

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About Boles Acres, New Mexico

Boles Acres is a locality in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,788. The population density is 56.4 people per km². Boles Acres is located at 32.8200°N, 105.9777°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88311.

Boles Acres emerges from the high, arid expanse of the basin as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the relentless clarity of the New Mexican light. It lies 6.6 miles south-southwest of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 193°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-southeast of Holloman AFB. The landscape surrounding Boles Acres is one of vast, sun-bleached horizons, where the earth yields to the subtle geometry of the Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern and the carved path of Arrow Canyon. While the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sacramento Mountains looms against the sky to the east, the immediate terrain remains a study in muted ochre and dust, occasionally softened by the presence of Taylor Tanks. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, carrying the scent of parched scrub and the stillness of a land that measures time by the slow migration of shadows across the plains.

History within this region is written in the sparse, resilient patterns of settlement that favor the rugged resilience of the high desert. Economic life in Boles Acres persists at a measured, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, drawing instead from the quietude of the surrounding range and the occasional, life-sustaining moisture that travels toward the distant Red Arroyo. Residents maintain a connection to the cycles of the earth, observing the transition of seasons that shift the color of the grasses from pale straw to a deep, dormant gray. This is a place where the grandeur of the nearby Sacramento Ranger District provides a distant, forested contrast to the sun-drenched, open scrubland, anchoring a way of life that values the austerity of the horizon above all else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.6 mi, 059° NE
Travis C. Hooser Ballfield Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 360° N
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 2.9 mi, 090° E · 1.1M acres
Tierra De Suenos Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 017° N
Balloon Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 000° N
Alamogordo Founders Park (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 011° N
Alameda Park & Zoo (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 010° N
Harry Francis Acley House Historic Site (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 012° N
Oliver Lee State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 144° SE
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 284° W
The Alamogordo "A" (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 035° NE
Grave of Ham the Astrochimp (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 025° NE
New Mexico Museum of Space History (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 025° NE
Sacramento Peak Observatory Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 8.4 mi, 100° E
Lake Holloman - Bird Watch Post (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 264° W
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 9.7 mi, 256° W · 148k acres
Juan Garcia House Historic Site (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 011° N
Juan Jose Gutierrez House Historic Site (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 011° N
Culp Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.7 mi, 154° SE · 11k acres
Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 056° NE
Sacramento Columbarium (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 095° E
Casper Baca Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 26.9 mi, 028° NE
Samson Miller Memorial Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 26.9 mi, 028° NE
Avis School (Historic Ruins) — 31.3 mi, 104° E
Ruidoso River Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 026° NE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 39.6 mi, 028° NE
White Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.8 mi, 008° N · 47k acres
Museum of the Horse (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 032° NE
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 42.7 mi, 231° SW · 574k acres
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 47.7 mi, 027° NE

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