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Elephant Butte New Mexico Map

Explore Elephant Butte, 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 Elephant Butte, New Mexico

How to Use This Elephant Butte, New Mexico Map

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

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	Elephant Butte
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Sierra County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	33.182437
Longitude	-107.221556
Population	1,447
Density	133.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	87901, 87935
Area Code	575
County Seat	Truth or Consequences
School District	Truth or Consequences Schools

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About Elephant Butte, New Mexico

Elephant Butte is a locality in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,447. The population density is 133.7 people per km². Elephant Butte is located at 33.1824°N, 107.2216°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Elephant Butte is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 87901, 87935.

Elephant Butte claims a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the high desert floor meets the jagged, skeletal silhouette of Long Ridge. It lies 62.4 miles north-northwest of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 338°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-northeast of Truth or Consequences. Within the sprawling boundaries of Elephant Butte Lake State Park, the landscape is defined by the deep, arid incision of Ash Canyon, where the earth yields to a raw, terracotta palette of sandstone and scrub. The air here holds a dry, singular clarity, catching the light at dusk to bathe the terrain in a bruised, violet glow that turns the sparse vegetation into dark, immobile sentinels. A mile to the west, the Rio Grande continues its ancient, persistent migration through the valley, serving as a quiet artery for the parched environment and grounding the vast, open horizon in a steady, rhythmic flow of water.

Elephant Butte maintains a character forged by the massive engineering ambition of the early twentieth century, which transformed the surrounding basin into the expansive Elephant Butte Reservoir. This body of water remains the economic pulse of the locality, drawing those who seek the quietude of the water against the backdrop of an unforgiving, sun-drenched wilderness. The history of the region is written in the transition from rugged frontier outpost to a place of recreation and respite, where the pace of daily existence is dictated by the seasonal rise and fall of the reservoir levels. Visitors and residents alike navigate a world where the starkness of the desert is softened only by the persistent, shimmering presence of the water, creating a unique equilibrium between the utilitarian demands of irrigation and the quiet, contemplative beauty of the high desert.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elephant Butte Lake State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 090° E
Gene Speer Tennis Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 208° SW
Geronimo Springs Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 206° SW
Long Point (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 025° NE
El Cortez Theater (Cinema) — 4.1 mi, 208° SW
The Center Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 208° SW
Spaceport America Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 208° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 211° SW
Carrie TIngley Historic Marker (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 211° SW
Hamilton Military Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 211° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 222° SW
Alamosa Ranch House and Blacksmith Shop Historic Site (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 018° N
Palomas Gap (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 182° S
Caballo Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 193° S
Caballo Mountains Historic Marker (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 198° S
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 352° N · 1.6M acres
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 26.3 mi, 270° W · 2.7M acres
Black Range Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 228° SW
Apache Kid Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.2 mi, 334° NW · 45k acres
Aldo Leopold Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.1 mi, 251° W · 204k acres
Camino de Sueños (Public Artwork) — 30.5 mi, 010° N
Hatch Historical Marker (Monument) — 35.9 mi, 174° S
Emory Pass Vista (Viewpoint) — 36.6 mi, 239° SW
Whitmore Cabin (Ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 36.8 mi, 267° W
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 37.2 mi, 172° S · 574k acres
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.7 mi, 029° NE · 114k acres
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 48.2 mi, 117° SE · 148k acres
Mimbres Heritage Cultural Center (Historic Ruins) — 49.0 mi, 242° SW
M. Phillip's Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 65.5 mi, 157° SE
Rio Grande Theatre (Theatre) — 65.5 mi, 157° SE

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