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Fort Wingate New Mexico Map

Explore Fort Wingate, 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 Fort Wingate, New Mexico

How to Use This Fort Wingate, New Mexico Map

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

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	Fort Wingate
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	McKinley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.467802
Longitude	-108.54119
Population	328
Density	62.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87316
Area Code	505
County Seat	Gallup
School District	Gallup-McKinley County Schools

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About Fort Wingate, New Mexico

Fort Wingate is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 328. The population density is 62.8 people per km². Fort Wingate is located at 35.4678°N, 108.5412°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87316.

Fort Wingate occupies a high, arid plateau where the light of late afternoon turns the dry earth into a palette of copper and bruised plum. It lies 12.1 miles east-southeast of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 110°T), and is situated 32.4 miles north-northeast of Zuni Pueblo. This landscape is defined by the sharp, arid clarity of the high desert, where the scent of parched sagebrush hangs heavy in the thin, cooling air. To the north, the distant silhouette of The Hogback cuts a jagged, monochromatic line against the horizon, anchoring a terrain that otherwise spills into vast, open scrubland. Rainfall is a rare, fleeting visitor, yet the nearby South Fork Puerco River carves a quiet, seasonal path through the dust, and the modest expanse of Wingate Stock Tank offers a singular, reflective stillness to the local wildlife. The surrounding Cibola National Forest provides a rugged transition from the low-lying plains to the timbered slopes, creating a stark contrast between the sun-bleached ground and the deep, persistent green of the pines.

Fort Wingate carries the weight of a complex inheritance, its identity forged in the intersection of military history and the enduring presence of Indigenous communities. The economy here remains tethered to the land and the institutions that have long utilized this space, reflecting a resilience born of necessity and isolation. Buildings of weathered wood and stone stand as quiet witnesses to decades of transition, their facades bearing the marks of a climate that demands constant maintenance. Life in Fort Wingate moves with a deliberate, measured pace, unbothered by the frantic pulse of larger centers, while the proximity to Milk Ranch Canyon provides a sense of enclosure that has shaped the social character of the residents. It is a place where the history of the frontier is not merely remembered, but felt in the way the wind moves across the valley and the manner in which the quiet of the desert settles over the landscape once the sun dips below the western rim.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 199° S
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 180° S · 1.6M acres
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 4.2 mi, 321° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 321° NW
Hoodoos (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 327° NW
Church Rock (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 326° NW
Pinedale Hoodoos (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 027° NE
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 296° NW
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 11.5 mi, 115° SE · 65 acres
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 11.9 mi, 286° W
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 291° W
USMC Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 291° W
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 291° W
New Mexico State Historic Marker (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 104° E
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 115° SE
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 26.1 mi, 140° SE
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 260° W
Kin Ya-ah (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 059° NE
Arizona Boundary (Viewpoint) — 29.4 mi, 256° W
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 30.8 mi, 161° S · 1,040 acres
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 32.4 mi, 294° NW
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 212° SW
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 39.7 mi, 146° SE · 263k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 40.0 mi, 141° SE · 109k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 41.5 mi, 145° SE · 98k acres
El Malpais Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 41.8 mi, 147° SE · 21k acres
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 119° SE
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 45.4 mi, 152° SE · 40k acres
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 54.7 mi, 139° SE · 62k acres
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 65.1 mi, 246° SW · 148k acres

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