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Encantado New Mexico Map

Explore Encantado, 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 Encantado, New Mexico

How to Use This Encantado, New Mexico Map

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

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	Encantado
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Santa Fe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.7934
Longitude	-105.9111
Population	93
Density	13.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87506
Area Code	505
County Seat	Santa Fe
School District	Santa Fe Public Schools

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About Encantado, New Mexico

Encantado is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 93. The population density is 13.4 people per km². Encantado is located at 35.7934°N, 105.9111°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87506.

Encantado rises from the high desert floor where the earth turns to a bruised violet under the long, slanting shadows of the afternoon. It lies 7.5 miles north-northeast of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 12°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southeast of Pojoaque. The landscape around Encantado is defined by the sharp, dry incision of Pacheco Canyon and the persistent, low-slung scrub that clings to the arid soil. Only a mile away, the Rio Chupadero carves a slender, cooling vein through the dust, providing a singular respite where the light catches the cottonwood leaves until they flicker like silver coins. To the east, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains looms against the horizon, anchoring the sky and reminding the observer that the world here is measured in heavy stone and thin, crystalline air.

Life in Encantado moves in accordance with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, shaped by the proximity of the Santa Fe National Forest that guards the wilder, higher reaches just beyond the threshold. The economy remains tethered to the land, drawing from a deep lineage of agricultural traditions and the quiet, persistent labor of those who manage the small-scale harvests that define the region’s character. Travelers occasionally veer off the main arteries to seek the solitude of the Rio en Medio Trail, finding a landscape that has been molded by centuries of overlapping Pueblo and Hispano heritage. In the quiet hours of dusk, when the wind carries the scent of burning cedar, the stillness of the high desert settles over the adobe walls, leaving a silence so profound it feels as if the land itself is holding its breath.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 091° E · 1.5M acres
Blue Bike (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 024° NE
Rio En Medio (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 036° NE
Rio En Medio Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 046° NE
Shidoni (Gallery) — 2.7 mi, 198° S
Santa Fe Opera (Theatre) — 2.9 mi, 225° SW
Camel Rock (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 299° NW
Tesuque Creek Open Space (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 170° S
Nun's corner (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 167° S
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.9 mi, 024° NE · 222k acres
Hyde Memorial State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 129° SE
Vista Grande Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 094° E
Henry Duke Windsor 1877-1933 (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 084° E
Navajo Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 198° S
Old Cross of the Martyrs (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 193° S
Santa Fe Canyon Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.0 mi, 269° W
Allison Dormitory Historic Site (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 191° S
Molly & Kent Leavitt Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 169° S
J Justice Fine Art (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 192° S
Blue Raven (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 192° S
The Palace Press (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 192° S
Museum of Light (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 193° S
Jean Cocteau Cinema (Cinema) — 7.7 mi, 195° S
Water History Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 182° S
Dragonstone Studio (Arts Centre) — 8.2 mi, 201° S
Sombrillo Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 342° N
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.1 mi, 105° E · 6,823 acres
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 16.5 mi, 007° N · 1.4M acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 16.5 mi, 285° W · 34k acres
Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.4 mi, 262° W · 25k acres

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