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Cobre New Mexico Map

Explore Cobre, 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 Cobre, New Mexico

How to Use This Cobre, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	32.780631
Longitude	-108.111987
Population	17
Density	98.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88023
Area Code	575
County Seat	Silver City
School District	Cobre Consolidated Schools

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About Cobre, New Mexico

Cobre is a locality in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 98.0 people per km². Cobre is located at 32.7806°N, 108.1120°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88023.

Cobre defines the quiet convergence of rugged high desert terrain, where the persistent trickle of Hanover Creek carves a path through the arid earth. It lies 40.9 miles north-northwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 330°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east of Silver City. The landscape around Cobre is characterized by sun-bleached expanses and the deep, raw contours of Gold Gulch, which sits a mile away as a dry, evocative scar upon the plains. To the distant horizon, the Pinos Altos Range rises in jagged, charcoal-gray silhouettes, catching the sharp, thin light of late afternoon that turns the scrub brush into a shimmering bronze. Just two miles from the center, the waters of Flat Tank hold the stillness of the sky, reflecting the vast, cloudless expanse that defines this elevated territory.

History in Cobre remains anchored to the earth, a legacy of extraction and labor that shaped the modest footprint of the locality. Proximity to the Ft. Bayard Mil. Res. Other provides a buffer of protected land, preserving a sense of isolation that has defined the region since the earliest days of settlement. The economy has long mirrored the geological fortune of the ground beneath it, maintaining a pace dictated by the seasonal shifts and the hard, dry wind. Residents might trace the faint, historic remnants of the Wood Haul Wagon Road Trail, a reminder of the arduous transit required to move resources through this unforgiving but strikingly clear landscape. Life in Cobre moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, untethered from the frantic acceleration of more populated corridors.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ft. Bayard Mil. Res. Other (National Forest) — 0.9 mi, 268° W · 1,521 acres
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 322° NW · 2.7M acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 227° SW
Bataan Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 278° W
Doctor Granville Wood House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 056° NE
Otto Huechling House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 056° NE
Bear Canyon Lake (and Dam) (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 042° NE
Thomas Conway House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 267° W
Bullard Hotel Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 265° W
Arrastre Interpretive Site (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 317° NW
Penny Park Mosaics (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 270° W
Mattocks Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 063° NE
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 266° W
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 269° W
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 10.1 mi, 269° W
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 269° W
The Net (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 260° W
Ben Lilly Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 316° NW
City Of Rocks State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 150° SE
City of Rocks- Table Mountain/Faywood Cienega (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 145° SE
Gila Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.5 mi, 004° N · 560k acres
Aldo Leopold Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.7 mi, 021° N · 204k acres
Cooke's Range Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.4 mi, 133° SE · 20k acres
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (National Monument) — 31.2 mi, 347° N · 1,148 acres
Black Range Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 073° E
Graves (Monument) — 45.3 mi, 300° NW
Caballo Mountains Historic Marker (Monument) — 47.9 mi, 075° E
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 50.1 mi, 109° E · 574k acres
Hamilton Military Museum (Museum) — 54.5 mi, 064° NE
The Center Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 55.3 mi, 064° NE

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