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Candy Kitchen New Mexico Map

Explore Candy Kitchen, 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 Candy Kitchen, New Mexico

How to Use This Candy Kitchen, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Candy Kitchen, 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 Candy Kitchen.

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

Latitude	34.912
Longitude	-108.4929
Population	107
Density	7.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87321
Area Code	505
County Seat	Grants
School District	Grants-Cibola County Schools

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About Candy Kitchen, New Mexico

Candy Kitchen is a locality in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 107. The population density is 7.8 people per km². Candy Kitchen is located at 34.9120°N, 108.4929°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87321.

Candy Kitchen occupies a high-altitude expanse where the earth turns to a bruised, sun-baked ochre, broken only by the stiff, emerald needles of ponderosa pines. It lies 44.8 miles south-southeast of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 162°T), and is situated 23.1 miles east-southeast of Zuni Pueblo. The landscape around Candy Kitchen falls away into the deep, quiet folds of Shoemaker Canyon, a rugged passage that carves through the terrain three miles away. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the jagged, silent profile of Peñasco Ridge, which catches the fading light of evening and turns it into a violet bruise against the darkening sky. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharp enough to catch in the throat, carrying the scent of dry dust and resinous timber across a vast, unpopulated stretch of high desert.

History lingers in the quietude of this place, where the legacy of homesteaders and the persistent, slow evolution of the land define the rhythm of the days. While the economy remains sparse, defined by small-scale land use and the solitary nature of high-plains living, the presence of the nearby El Morro National Monument serves as a reminder of the deep, layered human narratives that have passed through this corridor for centuries. Water is a precious, elusive presence in this arid theater; seven miles distant, the waters of Nicoll Lake and the steady, narrow flow of the Rio Pescado offer the only respite from the relentless thirst of the sun. Life in Candy Kitchen moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the shifting shadows of the ridge and the enduring, stoic stillness of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 11.4 mi, 041° NE · 1,040 acres
Atsinna Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 042° NE
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 093° E · 263k acres
Chain of Craters Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.4 mi, 093° E · 18k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 16.3 mi, 359° N · 1.6M acres
El Malpais Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.6 mi, 099° E · 21k acres
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.0 mi, 108° E · 40k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 19.5 mi, 094° E · 109k acres
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 298° NW
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 23.1 mi, 037° NE
El Calderon cinder cone (Viewpoint) — 27.2 mi, 083° E
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 31.4 mi, 267° W
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 32.1 mi, 114° SE · 62k acres
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 33.1 mi, 031° NE
Lightning Field (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 141° SE
Roy T. Herman's Garage (Attraction) — 36.8 mi, 024° NE
New Mexico State Historic Marker (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 024° NE
San Rafael Historical marker (Monument) — 37.7 mi, 068° E
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 38.1 mi, 356° N
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 39.1 mi, 180° S · 1.8M acres
Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign (Attraction) — 39.7 mi, 065° NE
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 065° NE
The Roarin' 20's Sign (Attraction) — 39.9 mi, 065° NE
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 42.1 mi, 353° N
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 44.0 mi, 351° N
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 44.1 mi, 345° N
Wind Biker (Public Artwork) — 44.7 mi, 342° N
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 44.9 mi, 342° N
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 091° E
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 62.5 mi, 271° W · 148k acres

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