Butterfield Park New Mexico Map

About Butterfield Park, New Mexico

Butterfield Park is a locality in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 794. The population density is 681.3 people per km². Butterfield Park is located at 32.4052°N, 106.6457°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88011.

Butterfield Park emerges from the high desert floor as a landscape of stark, sun-bleached beauty where the earth yields to the rugged authority of the Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern. It lies 10.1 miles northeast of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 50°T), and is situated 10.5 miles northeast of University Park. The terrain is defined by the sharp, arid contours of Baylor Canyon, which carves a path through the scrubland, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Baylor Peak commands the horizon with an imposing, quiet intensity. During the golden hour, the low-slanting light catches the fine, pale dust of the basin, turning the expanse into a shimmering canvas of ochre and violet that seems to hold its breath against the encroaching shadows. Even the dry bed of the Alameda Arroyo carries the memory of seasonal rains, its gravelly banks serving as a testament to the persistent, transformative power of water in a land that rarely sees it.

Butterfield Park exists in the overlap of diverse cultural legacies, where the echoes of frontier transit and historical land use remain etched into the arid soil. The economy here remains tethered to the rugged reality of the environment, drawing sustenance from the land’s sparse offerings and the careful stewardship of the surrounding protected acres. Life in Butterfield Park moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the bustle of urban centers, as residents find common ground in the shared horizon that stretches toward the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Lucero. The local character is tempered by the heat and the vast, open silence of the desert, fostering a community that values the resilience required to thrive where the sky dominates the earth.

About This Butterfield Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Butterfield Park, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.4052, -106.6457. 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 Butterfield Park includes the ZIP code (88011), telephone area code (575), county seat of Doña Ana County, and school district assignment (Las Cruces Public Schools).

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.