Chilili New Mexico Map

About Chilili, New Mexico

Chilili is a locality in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 49.0 people per km². Chilili is located at 34.8895°N, 106.2328°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87059.

Chilili occupies the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of the Cañon de Chilili, where the earth gives way to high-desert scrub and the quiet persistence of juniper. It lies 26.6 miles east-southeast of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 108°T), and is situated 12.1 miles south of Edgewood. The terrain here is defined by the steady rise of the land toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sandia Mountains, which sharpen against the horizon like jagged flint. To the west, the landscape deepens into the protected reaches of the Cibola National Forest, a sanctuary of pine and shadow that stands in stark contrast to the open, wind-swept plains. When the sun begins its slow descent, the light catches the fine dust in the air, turning the entire valley into a soft, glowing copper that seems to hold the day in place long after the shadows have lengthened.

Chilili carries the weight of a long, layered history, rooted in the hard-won survival of those who first settled these arid slopes to work the land and graze livestock. The local economy persists as a quiet echo of those earlier days, defined by modest agricultural efforts and a slow, deliberate pace that ignores the frantic speed of the modern world. Life in Chilili remains tied to the cycles of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the distant cities, yet connected to the wider region by the intermittent flow of the Cañada de Escabosa. While the more expansive waters of Laguna del Perro lie miles to the east, the inhabitants here have learned to measure their existence by the sparse, precious moisture that sustains the local vegetation and shapes the character of their quiet, enduring home.

About This Chilili Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chilili, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.889497, -106.232802. 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 Chilili 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.