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Cañon New Mexico Map

Explore Cañon, 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 Cañon, New Mexico

How to Use This Cañon, New Mexico Map

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

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	Cañon
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Taos County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.65694
Longitude	-106.735
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87024
County Seat	Taos

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About Cañon, New Mexico

Cañon is a locality in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Cañon is located at 35.6569°N, 106.7350°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87024.

Cañon occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Jemez River, which carves a path through the high desert floor. It lies 28.8 miles west-southwest of Los Alamos, NM (from Los Alamos, NM: bearing 236°T), and is situated 3.0 miles north of Jemez Pueblo. The landscape is dominated by the expansive reach of the Santa Fe National Forest, providing a backdrop of rugged terrain that transitions toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Jemez Mountains. Within the Cañon de San Diego, the air carries a dry, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding mesas and turns the afternoon light into a deep, honeyed amber. Here, the earth is composed of iron-rich dust and sun-baked stone, a terrain that demands patience from those who inhabit its arid, sprawling reaches.

History in Cañon remains tethered to the layers of settlement that have long relied on the river’s life-giving moisture to sustain small-scale agriculture and pastoral traditions. The local economy is modest and rooted in the land, reflecting a heritage where the labor of the harvest and the stewardship of the forest define the rhythm of the seasons. Life here moves with a deliberate, steady pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, as residents move between the quiet shade of the woodlands and the open expanses of the basin. The presence of the Santa Fe National Forest ensures that the wilderness remains an immediate neighbor, framing the daily lives of people who have learned to thrive where the climate is defined by the stark, beautiful contrast of winter frost and high-summer heat.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 237° SW · 1.5M acres
Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 338° N · 58k acres
Replica of a prehistoric Jerez fieldhouse (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 150° SE
Red Work trailhead (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 146° SE
Walatoa Slot Canyon (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 120° SE
Pueblo of Jémez Historic Marker (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 147° SE
New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative Historic Marker (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 147° SE
Guadalupe Box (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 342° N
Jemez Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 017° N
Colorado Plateau Historic Marker (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 209° SW
Thunderdome (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 220° SW
Ojito Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.6 mi, 211° SW
Ojito Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.8 mi, 226° SW · 128 acres
Ojito Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.8 mi, 223° SW · 12k acres
East Fork Jemez, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.3 mi, 025° NE · 3,069 acres
Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 028° NE · 89k acres
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (National Monument) — 15.2 mi, 089° E · 5,404 acres
Cabezon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.8 mi, 251° W · 8,162 acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 19.4 mi, 052° NE · 34k acres
Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.0 mi, 058° NE · 25k acres
Painted Cave (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 079° E
Guadalupe ruins (Historic Ruins) — 24.0 mi, 247° SW
V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Hall (Theatre) — 24.4 mi, 167° S
Marian Shrine (Public Artwork) — 25.9 mi, 156° SE
Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance (Nature Reserve) — 26.7 mi, 164° S
Juniper Amphitheater (Theatre) — 27.2 mi, 069° E
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 27.3 mi, 153° SE · 1.6M acres
Fuller Lodge Art Center (Arts Centre) — 28.8 mi, 057° NE
Rio Rancho Premiere (Cinema) — 28.9 mi, 176° S
Corrales Bosque Gallery (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 167° S

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