Faywood New Mexico Map

About Faywood, New Mexico

Faywood is a locality in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 24.2 people per km². Faywood is located at 32.6247°N, 107.8723°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88034.

Faywood emerges from the high desert floor as a quiet confluence of arid earth and the persistent, life-giving ribbon of the Mimbres River. It lies 25.5 miles north-northwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 345°T), and is situated 17.8 miles east-southeast of Bayard. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, sun-bleached clarity, where the horizon is dominated by the solitary presence of Blue Mountain rising three miles to the distant view. To the north, the terrain folds into the shadowed depths of Carrizo Canyon, while the surrounding plains are scattered with the geological oddities of the City of Rocks- Table Mountain/Faywood Cienega. The air in Faywood possesses a thin, sharp transparency that seems to sharpen the edges of every rock and crevasse, turning the late afternoon light into a heavy, liquid gold that clings to the scrub brush and dry grasses.

Faywood retains the quiet gravity of a place that has long served as a waypoint for those traversing the harsh interior of the continent. While the regional economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of land and water, the historical weight of the region is felt in the layers of dust and the persistence of the local flora. Life in Faywood moves in accordance with the seasonal shifts of the Mimbres River, which dictates the rhythm of growth across the valley floor. Travelers passing through may find themselves drawn toward the unique formations at the City of Rocks- Table Mountain/Faywood Cienega, or perhaps casting an eye toward the distant, shimmering surface of Wilson Reservoir, sixteen miles away, as a reminder of the scarcity of water in this expansive, silent country.

About This Faywood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Faywood, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.6247, -107.8723. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Faywood includes the ZIP code (88034), telephone area code (575), county seat of Grant County (Silver City), and school district assignment (Cobre Consolidated Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.