Cobre New Mexico Map

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.

About This Cobre Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cobre, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.780631, -108.111987. 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 Cobre includes the ZIP code (88023), telephone area code (575), county seat of Grant County (Silver City), and school district assignment (Cobre Consolidated 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.