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Cañones New Mexico Map

Explore Cañones, 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 Cañones, New Mexico

How to Use This Cañones, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.97273
Longitude	-105.032364
Population	57
Density	8.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87516
County Seat	Santa Rosa

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About Cañones, New Mexico

Cañones is a locality in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 8.5 people per km². Cañones is located at 34.9727°N, 105.0324°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87516.

Cañones emerges from the high desert floor as a rugged expanse of red-earth mesas and deep, shadowed arroyos. It lies 44.3 miles south-southeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 166°T), and is situated 20.0 miles west of Santa Rosa. The landscape is defined by the sharp, geological drama of the Cañon de Baca, which carves a path through the terrain just two miles away, while the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains haunt the eastern horizon like a pale, serrated silhouette. Sunlight here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, bleaching the dry grasses to a pale straw color and sharpening the hard, angular shadows that stretch across the scrubland by late afternoon. Nearby, the Agua de los Juanes provides a seasonal pulse to the parched ground, its presence marked only by the thin, stubborn line of cottonwoods that cling to the aridity.

Cañones retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place shaped by centuries of Hispano settlement and the slow endurance of agrarian life. Economic activity remains largely tied to the rhythm of small-scale land stewardship, where the labor of the season—tending to fields or maintaining fences—defines the passing of the year. While the remote beauty of the region draws occasional travelers seeking the stillness of the high desert, the character of Cañones is kept by those who understand the temper of the soil and the scarcity of water. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the landscape opens toward the expanse of the Santa Rosa Reservoir, an area of open space that contrasts with the sheltered, intimate geography of the local canyons. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily life of Cañones persists in a register of patience, mirrored by the quiet, sun-baked resilience of the adobe structures that have held their ground against the wind for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Rosa Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 068° E
Santa Rosa Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 078° E
Joseph's Restaurant (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 096° E
Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 097° E
Jesus M Casaus House Historic Site (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 097° E
Star Axis (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 351° N
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 341° N · 1.5M acres
Mesita De Los Madrones Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 22.7 mi, 335° NW
Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.4 mi, 011° N
Vásquez De Coronado’s Route (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 114° SE
Grzelachowski House Historic Site (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 114° SE
Villanueva State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 319° NW
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 319° NW
Settlements of the San Miguel Del Vado Land Grant (Monument) — 35.9 mi, 319° NW
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 348° N · 17k acres
Serf Theater (Theatre) — 44.2 mi, 346° N
Kiva Theater (Cinema) — 44.2 mi, 346° N
Indigo Theatre (Cinema) — 44.2 mi, 346° N
Ilfield Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 346° N
Rough Riders Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 347° N
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 347° N
Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 48.9 mi, 029° NE · 22k acres
Spanish Church at Pecos Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 54.4 mi, 317° NW
Pecos Pueblo South (Historic Ruins) — 54.5 mi, 317° NW
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 56.1 mi, 339° N · 222k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 56.2 mi, 215° SW · 1.6M acres
Moriarty Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 57.6 mi, 272° W
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 359° N · 8,460 acres
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 63.9 mi, 326° NW · 6,823 acres
Kiowa National Grassland (National Grassland) — 77.5 mi, 030° NE · 137k acres

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