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Cotton City New Mexico Map

Explore Cotton City, 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 Cotton City, New Mexico

How to Use This Cotton City, New Mexico Map

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

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	Cotton City
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Hidalgo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.110519
Longitude	-108.88013
Population	266
Density	4.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88020
Area Code	575
County Seat	Lordsburg
School District	Animas Public Schools

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About Cotton City, New Mexico

Cotton City is a locality in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 266. The population density is 4.0 people per km². Cotton City is located at 32.1105°N, 108.8801°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88020.

Cotton City emerges from the high desert floor as a scattering of low-slung structures caught in the amber clarity of the southwestern sun. It lies 66.7 miles west of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 260°T), and is situated 20.7 miles south-southwest of Lordsburg. The landscape around Cotton City is defined by an expansive, arid basin where the earth wears a coat of pale dust and hardy, silver-leafed scrub. To the east, the silhouette of the Russel Hills provides a serrated boundary against the horizon, while the terrain closer to the center dips into the eroded, sun-baked channels of Holtkamp Canyon. Water is a rare and precious guest here, occasionally pooling in the small, reflective basin of Section Two Tank or tracing a transient, sandy path through the bed of Rainbow Wash after the summer rains have passed.

Economic life in Cotton City has long been tethered to the harsh demands of the soil and the persistent cycles of agriculture that define the region. The legacy of early homesteading remains visible in the quiet, weathered architecture and the slow pace of the day, which follows the sun’s arc rather than the ticking of a clock. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the rugged integrity of the high desert, offering a sanctuary for the native flora that clings to the rocky outcrops. Residents here navigate a life of deliberate stillness, where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and the vast, unobstructed sky turns a deep, bruised violet as the light retreats for the evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.4 mi, 269° W
Antelope Pass Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.1 mi, 189° S
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 253° W
Smugglers Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 159° S
Gray Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.1 mi, 184° S · 14k acres
Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 029° NE
Shakespeare Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 029° NE
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.2 mi, 337° NW · 4,016 acres
Playas Siding (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 122° SE
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.3 mi, 317° NW · 20k acres
Tractor Minion (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 224° SW
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 19.8 mi, 226° SW · 1.7M acres
Clarence May and C.H.M. May Memorial Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.9 mi, 240° SW
Chiricahua Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.5 mi, 224° SW · 87k acres
Cathedral Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 23.1 mi, 228° SW
Chiricahua National Monument (National Monument) — 25.5 mi, 258° W · 12k acres
Wagon (Historic Ruins) — 26.2 mi, 265° W
Abandoned Car (Historic Ruins) — 26.4 mi, 265° W
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 27.6 mi, 044° NE · 2.7M acres
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 258° W
Faraway ranch (guided tour) (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 256° W
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 33.0 mi, 274° W
Johnny Ringo Grave (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 242° SW
Camp Rucker (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 229° SW
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.0 mi, 223° SW · 5,550 acres
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 57.5 mi, 037° NE
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 57.6 mi, 037° NE
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 57.6 mi, 037° NE
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 57.7 mi, 037° NE
Stargazer 5 (Cinema) — 70.7 mi, 316° NW

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