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Cochiti Lake New Mexico Map

Explore Cochiti Lake, 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 Cochiti Lake, New Mexico

How to Use This Cochiti Lake, New Mexico Map

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

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	Cochiti Lake
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Sandoval County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.648086
Longitude	-106.337527
Population	438
Density	136.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87083
Area Code	505
County Seat	Bernalillo
School District	Bernalillo Public Schools

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About Cochiti Lake, New Mexico

Cochiti Lake is a locality in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 438. The population density is 136.1 people per km². Cochiti Lake is located at 35.6481°N, 106.3375°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87083.

Cochiti Lake holds the high desert light in a basin of ancient, sun-baked earth where the horizon is defined by the jagged silhouette of the Jemez Mountains. It lies 16.7 miles south of Los Alamos, NM (from Los Alamos, NM: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Santo Domingo Pueblo. The landscape surrounding Cochiti Lake is dominated by the deep, vertical scars of White Rock Canyon, where the terrain drops sharply toward the persistent, life-giving flow of the Rio Grande. Beyond the immediate water, the land transitions into a vast expanse of scrub and arid plains, eventually giving way to the cooler elevations of the Espanola Ranger District to the north. At dusk, the air thins and turns crisp, casting long, violet shadows across the plateau that seem to hold the stillness of the centuries, while the wind carries the dry, resinous scent of sage and baked stone.

Human presence here is anchored by the enduring legacy of the Cochiti Pueblo, whose ancestors have cultivated this parched soil for generations, long before the construction of the Cochiti Reservoir transformed the local geography. Today, the economy functions in a quiet dialogue with the environment, balancing the recreational use of the water with the stewardship of the surrounding tribal lands. Visitors who venture out to explore the rugged terrain may find themselves walking the Capulin Canyon Trail, tracing paths that echo the movements of those who traveled these mesas long ago. Despite the modern imposition of the dam, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the river and the dramatic, shifting clarity of the New Mexico sky, which occasionally reveals the distant, mist-softened tumble of Lower Frijoles Falls.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cochiti Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 129° SE
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 2.4 mi, 030° NE · 1.5M acres
Tent Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.1 mi, 270° W
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (National Monument) — 3.1 mi, 270° W · 5,404 acres
Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.6 mi, 360° N · 25k acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 3.6 mi, 000° N · 34k acres
Dome Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.7 mi, 343° N · 5,185 acres
Peña Geoglyph (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 176° S
Painted Cave (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 011° N
Yapashi Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 7.9 mi, 009° N
La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.4 mi, 099° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.6 mi, 026° NE
Alcove House (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 017° N
Anasazi Ruins (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 018° N
Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 317° NW
Juniper Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 017° N
Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 324° NW · 58k acres
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 172° S
Mormon Battalion (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 184° S
Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 112° E
El Rancho de los Golondrinas (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 112° E
El Rancho de las Golondrinas (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 112° E
Entertainment Space (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 112° E
Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 333° NW · 89k acres
Ancestral Pueblo Cooking Pot Replica AD 1200-1550 (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 029° NE
East Fork Jemez, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.4 mi, 321° NW · 3,069 acres
Fuller Lodge Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.3 mi, 007° N
Spartacus Art Services (Arts Centre) — 16.8 mi, 102° E
Regal Cinemas Santa Fe Place (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 093° E
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 24.4 mi, 186° S · 1.6M acres

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