Crestview New Mexico Map
Crestview, New Mexico — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Crestview, McKinley County.
Interactive Map of Crestview, New Mexico
| City | Crestview |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | McKinley |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.4878 |
| Longitude | -108.8574 |
| Population | 580 |
| Density | 42.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Crestview, New Mexico
Crestview is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 42.7 people per km². Crestview is located at 35.4878°N, 108.8574°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87301.
Crestview unfurls across a high desert plateau, where the land exhales a scent of sun-baked earth and tenacious sagebrush. It lies 92.8 miles south-south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 203°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-south-west of Gallup. The vast New Mexico sky, an immense canvas of shifting blues and bruised purples at dusk, presides over a landscape of muted ochres and rusts. Low, scrubby vegetation clings to the gently sloping terrain, punctuated by the occasional hardy juniper, its branches gnarled and reaching like ancient, weathered hands. The air, thin and crisp, carries a profound stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind that seems to scour the very stones. Distant mesas, their silhouettes softened by haze, stand as silent sentinels, their forms suggesting a deep, geological time. The story of Crestview is written in the earth and in the determined spirit of its people. This is a place shaped by the enduring legacy of Indigenous cultures and by the subsequent arrival of those drawn to the mineral wealth beneath the surface. Though mining once hummed with a different kind of energy, the local economy now finds its pulse in the resilience of ranching and in the quiet hum of small businesses catering to the surrounding ranches and passing travelers. The distinctive character of Crestview is one of quiet endurance, a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, fostering a sense of deep connection to the land and to the shared history that binds its inhabitants.
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About This Crestview Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Crestview, New Mexico with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Crestview and McKinley County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Crestview is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Crestview is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
