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Cordova New Mexico Map

Explore Cordova, 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 Cordova, New Mexico

How to Use This Cordova, New Mexico Map

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

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	Cordova
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Rio Arriba County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.007247
Longitude	-105.860575
Population	380
Density	88.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87523
Area Code	505
County Seat	Tierra Amarilla
School District	Española Municipal Schools

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About Cordova, New Mexico

Cordova is a locality in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 88.2 people per km². Cordova is located at 36.0072°N, 105.8606°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87523.

Cordova reveals itself through the silvered pulse of the Rio Quemado, which carves a narrow, verdant artery through the high desert floor. It lies 12.3 miles east of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 85°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east of Chimayo. The landscape rises in brittle, sun-bleached tiers toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, their peaks often catching the bruised violet light of late afternoon. To the west, the arid basin of Vallecitos de Abajo stretches out in a silent expanse of sage and scrub, while the rugged terrain of the Santa Fe National Forest encroaches on every side, its ponderosa pines exhaling a sharp, resinous perfume that clings to the cooling air at dusk. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Sierra Mosca Trick Tank seems only a phantom in the heat, a brief interruption in a geography defined by the relentless, clarifying brilliance of the high-altitude sun.

Cordova persists as a living record of Hispano heritage, where the tradition of wood carving remains anchored in the quiet, steady rhythm of daily life. The economy here is not one of scale, but of small, deliberate movements—the tending of orchards, the patience required for traditional craft, and the seasonal harvest that turns the adobe walls into a backdrop for drying chiles. History remains palpable in the architecture, where the earth itself is molded into shelter, reflecting a lineage of survival that predates modern transit. For the few who wander the nearby Medio Dia Trail, the land offers a stark, meditative solitude, a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, inevitable lengthening of shadows across the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Castillo Gallery (Gallery) — 0.1 mi, 229° SW
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 167° S · 1.5M acres
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 1.8 mi, 334° NW · 1.4M acres
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.6 mi, 124° SE · 222k acres
Los Potreros (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 255° W
Sombrillo Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.9 mi, 280° W
Los Potreros - Isabel Vigil (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 250° W
Oratorio de San Buenaventura Historic Site (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 264° W
Descanso (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 267° W
Gear Up Graduation Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 270° W
Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 258° W
Ben Lujan Memorial Highway (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 258° W
Copper Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.9 mi, 007° N
Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 265° W
Poeh Cultural Center (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 225° SW
Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 265° W
Bond House Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 265° W
Camel Rock (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 208° SW
Marianne Hornbuckle Fine Art (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 235° SW
Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.6 mi, 357° N · 19k acres
Classical Gas Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 340° N
Vista Grande Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 169° S
Picuris Pueblo Museum Center (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 032° NE
San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 241° SW
Lauriano Cordova Memorial Musuem (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 040° NE
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.8 mi, 138° SE · 6,823 acres
Santa Fe Opera (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 196° S
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 19.6 mi, 012° N · 311k acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 21.2 mi, 243° SW · 34k acres
Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.8 mi, 233° SW · 25k acres

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