Cañada de los Alamos New Mexico Map
Explore Cañada de los Alamos, 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 Cañada de los Alamos, New Mexico
How to Use This Cañada de los Alamos, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cañada de los Alamos, 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 Cañada de los Alamos.
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 | Cañada de los Alamos |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Los Alamos County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.880036 |
| Longitude | -106.303114 |
| Population | 315 |
| Density | 51.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87505 |
| County Seat | Los Alamos |
About Cañada de los Alamos, New Mexico
Cañada de los Alamos is a locality in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 315. The population density is 51.1 people per km². Cañada de los Alamos is located at 35.8800°N, 106.3031°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87505.Cañada de los Alamos occupies a high-altitude fold of earth where the light at dusk turns the high desert soil into a bruised, shifting violet. The terrain is marked by the deep, jagged incision of Walnut Canyon and the dry, persistent presence of Cañada de Buey, which cuts through the scrubland like a frayed nerve. On the horizon, the Jemez Mountains rise in a jagged, hazy silhouette, anchoring the western skyline and filtering the wind that sweeps across the arid plains. The air here carries a thin, crystalline quality, sharp enough to catch in the throat, while the proximity to Ashley Pond Park offers a quiet contrast to the rugged, untamed expanse of the surrounding wilderness.
Cañada de los Alamos preserves a quiet continuity, its history layered in the adobe walls and the persistent, slow-moving pace of daily life that resists the frantic acceleration of the modern world. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of a small, resilient population, far removed from the industry of the lowlands. Residents move with an awareness of the seasons, mindful of the Rendija Trail as it winds through the landscape, a path that has seen generations traverse the same sun-baked earth. Even as the distance to the Espanola Ranger District suggests a vast, forested solitude, the community finds its orientation in the small, specific details of the high country, where the harvest of chile and the long shadows cast by the afternoon sun define the rhythm of the year.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Peggy Pond Church (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 073° E
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 001° N
- Tranquility (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 355° N
- Fuller Lodge Art Center (Arts Centre) — 0.1 mi, 024° NE
- Pierotti's Clowns (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 337° NW
- Los Alamos - White Rock Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 179° S
- John F Kennedy Memorial (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 290° W
- Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 316° NW
- Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 354° N
- North Mesa Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 052° NE
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.7 mi, 354° N · 1.5M acres
- Camp Hamilton (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 088° E
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 3.8 mi, 195° S · 34k acres
- Otowi Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 088° E
- Anderson Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 097° E
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.3 mi, 198° S · 25k acres
- Ramon Vigil Grant Other (National Forest) — 4.3 mi, 228° SW · 7 acres
- Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 270° W · 89k acres
- Alcove (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 189° S
- The Narrows (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 187° S
- Juniper Amphitheater (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 169° S
- Anasazi Ruins (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 168° S
- Dome Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.6 mi, 203° SW · 5,185 acres
- Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 248° W · 58k acres
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 085° E
- Marianne Hornbuckle Fine Art (Gallery) — 13.0 mi, 088° E
- Bond House Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 058° NE
- Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.8 mi, 059° NE
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (National Monument) — 15.0 mi, 200° S · 5,404 acres
- Poeh Cultural Center (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 089° E
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About This Cañada de los Alamos Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cañada de los Alamos, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.880036, -106.303114. 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 Cañada de los Alamos includes the ZIP code (87505), telephone area code, county seat of Los Alamos County (Los Alamos), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
