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Chical New Mexico Map

Explore Chical, 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 Chical, New Mexico

How to Use This Chical, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.865786
Longitude	-106.667091
Population	124
Density	59.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	87004, 87068
Area Code	505
County Seat	Los Lunas
School District	Los Lunas Public Schools

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About Chical, New Mexico

Chical is a locality in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 59.0 people per km². Chical is located at 34.8658°N, 106.6671°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87004, 87068.

Chical stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the arid earth yields to the persistent, dry path of the Hells Canyon Wash. It lies 5.7 miles northeast of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 41°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of South Valley. The landscape here is defined by a sparse, resilient scrub that clings to the alkaline soil, shifting in hue from pale ochre to a deep, bruised violet as the afternoon light retreats. On the distant horizon, the jagged silhouettes of the Manzanita Mountains anchor the sky, their presence offering a stoic contrast to the flat, open plains that surround the settlement. While the terrain remains largely unforgiving, the air carries a crisp, thin clarity that renders the silhouette of every creosote bush and fence post with startling, singular precision.

History persists in Chical through the quiet endurance of its adobe architecture, which seems to absorb the heat of the day and release it slowly into the cooling evening. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, drawing sustenance from small-scale agricultural efforts that rely on the careful management of moisture in a thirsty environment. Residents often look toward the nearby Isleta Village Proper Park for a reprieve of native flora, or toward the water at Isleta Lakes, which serves as a rare, shimmering focal point in the dry basin. Life moves with an internal, steady cadence, unbothered by the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its purpose in the seasonal cycles of the desert and the long, quiet shadows that stretch toward the Cañon de Sanchez as the sun dips low.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of historic Isleta Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 345° N
Isleta Village Proper Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 335° NW
War Cannon (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 223° SW
Bosque (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 353° N
Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.3 mi, 357° N · 1,142 acres
El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 237° SW
Dr. E. A. "Swede" Scholer Regional Recreation Complex (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 010° N
Hubbell House Historic Site (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 349° N
Pajarito (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 349° N
Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents the Pavilion (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 012° N
Giant Stone Rattlesnake (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 014° N
Manzano Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.4 mi, 112° E · 896 acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 12.8 mi, 112° E · 1.6M acres
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 013° N
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.0 mi, 114° SE · 37k acres
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 013° N
Flame of Hope (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 012° N
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 003° N
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 001° N
South Broadway Cultural Center (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 005° N
DTRA Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 028° NE
The Wheels Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 004° N
Rosenwald Building Historic Site (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 003° N
Mothership Alumni (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 003° N
Nuevo Contemporary (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 003° N
516 Arts (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 003° N
New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 003° N
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 17.0 mi, 343° N · 2,949 acres
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.9 mi, 037° NE · 38k acres
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.7 mi, 180° S · 456k acres

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