Cedro New Mexico Map

About Cedro, New Mexico

Cedro is a locality in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 29.8 people per km². Cedro is located at 35.0223°N, 106.3536°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87059.

Cedro emerges from the high desert as a quiet collection of dwellings shadowed by the vast, protected expanse of the Cibola National Forest. It lies 17.4 miles east-southeast of Albuquerque, NM (from Albuquerque, NM: bearing 104°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-southwest of Edgewood. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, arid composure, where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the horizon, casting long, violet shadows across the terrain of Sabino Canyon. Ponderosa pines cling to the higher elevations, their needles catching the thin, sharp air that drifts down from the distant Sandia Mountains. Four miles away, the dry bed of Tijeras Arroyo carves a vein through the parched ground, marking the path where seasonal waters once dictated the movement of both wildlife and the first human inhabitants.

Cedro retains a modest, solitary character, its history tied to the slow, deliberate work of those who carved a life from the scrubland and timber. The regional economy has long moved away from the intensive logging operations of the past, leaving behind a pace of life that favors quiet self-sufficiency over the clamor of modern commerce. Those who wander the area might trace the remnants of the CCC Trail, a reminder of the disciplined, manual labor that once organized the surrounding wilderness into a managed landscape. Today, the cultural spirit of Cedro persists in the layering of Hispano and Anglo influences, a subtle fusion reflected in the weathered adobe walls and the persistent, aromatic smoke of piñon wood that drifts through the air during the cooling evenings.

About This Cedro Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedro, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.02227, -106.353636. 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 Cedro includes the ZIP code (87059), telephone area code (505), county seat of Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), and school district assignment (Albuquerque 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.