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Church Rock New Mexico Map

Explore Church Rock, 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 Church Rock, New Mexico

How to Use This Church Rock, New Mexico Map

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

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	Church Rock
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	McKinley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.569203
Longitude	-108.573042
Population	1,542
Density	32.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87311
Area Code	505
County Seat	Gallup
School District	Gallup-McKinley County Schools

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About Church Rock, New Mexico

Church Rock is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,542. The population density is 32.5 people per km². Church Rock is located at 35.5692°N, 108.5730°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87311.

Church Rock rises from the high desert floor as a stark, vertical testament to the patient work of wind and geologic time. It lies 8.0 miles east of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 87°T), and is situated 34.9 miles north-northeast of Zuni Pueblo. The South Fork Puerco River traces a dry, winding path through the basin, its sandy bed often quiet until the sudden, sharp rains of late summer bring a brief, surging life to the channel. To the west, the shadow of Big Rock Hill looms on the horizon, its silhouette sharpening as the sun begins to retreat behind the jagged ridges. The air here carries a dry, mineral clarity, sharpening the edges of the sagebrush and the deep, burnt oranges of the soil. In the stillness of the afternoon, the light turns a soft, bruised purple, lending a temporary elegance to the sparse, scrubby vegetation that clings to the arid earth.

Church Rock maintains an economy defined by the rhythms of the land and the endurance of its inhabitants, who balance traditional ways with the practical demands of the modern high desert. Travelers passing through may find their gaze drawn toward the deeper recesses of Padre Canyon, a nearby geological formation that offers a quiet, sheltered contrast to the open plains. While the local landscape is vast and largely unadorned, the proximity of Indian Hill Park provides a space for the quiet observation of the rugged terrain that defines this corner of the state. Life here moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that has seen generations settle into the dust and sandstone, far from the reach of larger, more frantic centers of commerce. Far to the north, the Wingate Stock Tank holds the quiet reflection of the sky, serving as a rare, still point in an otherwise restless and wind-swept environment.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoodoos (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 232° SW
Church Rock (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 234° SW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 231° SW
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 3.8 mi, 193° S
Pinedale Hoodoos (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 080° E
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 6.4 mi, 170° S · 1.6M acres
Indian Hill Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 243° SW
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 248° W
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 167° S
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 254° W
USMC Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 254° W
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 254° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 250° W
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 17.1 mi, 134° SE · 65 acres
New Mexico State Historic Marker (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 120° SE
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 127° SE
Kin Ya-ah (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 074° E
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 244° SW
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 28.5 mi, 283° W
Arizona Boundary (Viewpoint) — 30.3 mi, 242° SW
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 146° SE
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 38.0 mi, 162° S · 1,040 acres
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 204° SW
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 46.3 mi, 148° SE · 263k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 46.6 mi, 145° SE · 109k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 48.3 mi, 148° SE · 98k acres
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 49.6 mi, 125° SE
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.6 mi, 021° N · 48k acres
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 52.5 mi, 154° SE · 40k acres
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 66.7 mi, 240° SW · 148k acres

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