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Chaparral New Mexico Map

Explore Chaparral, 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 Chaparral, New Mexico

How to Use This Chaparral, New Mexico Map

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

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	Chaparral
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	DoÃ±a Ana County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.044254
Longitude	-106.4061
Population	16,551
Density	108.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88081
Area Code	575
School District	Gadsden Independent Schools

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About Chaparral, New Mexico

Chaparral is a locality in DoÃ±a Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of 16,551. The population density is 108.2 people per km². Chaparral is located at 32.0443°N, 106.4061°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88081.

Chaparral stretches across a high desert expanse where the earth wears a palette of muted ochre and silver-gray sage. It lies 19.0 miles north-northeast of Sunland Park, NM (from Sunland Park, NM: bearing 30°T), and is situated 19.5 miles north-northeast of El Paso. The terrain is defined by wide, sun-drenched plains that pull the eye toward the distant, jagged silhouette of North Anthonys Nose, standing as a silent sentinel seven miles away. Four miles to the west, the subtle depressions of Hitt Canyon carve shallow veins into the landscape, channeling the rare, fleeting moisture of the season. At Chaparral Community Park, a mile from the residential core, the air carries a dry, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon, revealing how the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised purple, illuminating the quiet endurance of the scrubland.

History lingers in the dust of the unpaved roads and the modest, sprawling footprints of the homes that define the local character. The economy of Chaparral remains tied to the rhythms of the border region, where residents often travel toward the neighboring urban centers for work, maintaining a life that balances independence with regional connection. While the proximity of Anthony Wash suggests a history shaped by the search for water, the modern reality is one of resilience in an arid climate. Those who seek the path of the past might look toward the Wilderness Park Museum Trail, located nine miles away, to understand the deeper layers of this basin. Daily life here moves with the deliberate pace of the high desert, where the wind serves as the primary architect of the shifting dunes and the silence is a constant, heavy presence beneath the vast, cloud-streaked sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chaparral Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 131° SE
Chaparral Baseball Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 135° SE
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 3.5 mi, 263° W · 574k acres
Franklin Mountains State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 216° SW
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.7 mi, 246° SW
Northeast Regional (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 178° S
Veterans (Local Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 185° S
Fusselman Canyon (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 200° S
El Paso (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 248° W
Desert Pride Accademy (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 254° W
Franklin High School Stadium (Stadium) — 15.3 mi, 215° SW
La Union Maze (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 239° SW
3rd Calvary Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 182° S
El Milagro (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 265° W
Organ Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 mi, 321° NW · 20k acres
The Equestrian (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 178° S
Scenic Drive Viewpoint (Upper) (Viewpoint) — 18.1 mi, 193° S
Issac House (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 335° NW
Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 18.9 mi, 333° NW
DIY Workshop El Paso (Arts Centre) — 20.2 mi, 194° S
Kidd Performance Hall (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 194° S
Philanthropy Theater (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 194° S
Highlander Stadium at Bel Air High School (Stadium) — 21.0 mi, 170° S
AMC CLASSIC East Pointe 12 (Cinema) — 21.5 mi, 168° S
La Cueva (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 331° NW
NMSU University Art Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 309° NW
Aden Lava Flow Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.8 mi, 267° W · 30k acres
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (National Monument) — 34.2 mi, 308° NW · 5,262 acres
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 42.3 mi, 359° N · 148k acres
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 50.0 mi, 039° NE · 1.1M acres

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