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Glen Acres New Mexico Map

Explore Glen Acres, 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 Glen Acres, New Mexico

How to Use This Glen Acres, New Mexico Map

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

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	Glen Acres
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Hidalgo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.375
Longitude	-108.7162
Population	204
Density	79.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88045
Area Code	575
County Seat	Lordsburg
School District	Lordsburg Municipal Schools

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About Glen Acres, New Mexico

Glen Acres is a locality in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 204. The population density is 79.7 people per km². Glen Acres is located at 32.3750°N, 108.7162°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88045.

Glen Acres occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the high desert floor stretches toward the horizon in shades of dusty ochre and bruised violet. It lies 56.4 miles west of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 278°T), and is situated 1.8 miles north-northwest of Lordsburg. The Shakespeare Arroyo carves a jagged, seasonal vein through the landscape, its dry bed waiting for the sudden, violent rains that occasionally transform the parched earth into a rush of silt and stone. Two miles to the north, the depression of Wood Canyon offers a slight reprieve from the flat, relentless glare, while the Pyramid Mountains loom in the distance like dark, serrated teeth against the sky. At dusk, the light here possesses a peculiar, crystalline quality that flattens the shadows and turns the scrub brush into silhouettes of charcoal, lending the entire basin a quiet, meditative stillness that persists long after the sun dips below the plain.

History in Glen Acres remains tethered to the rugged demands of the frontier, where the economy has long favored the resilience of cattle ranching and the slow, deliberate work of those who know how to coax a living from arid soil. Three miles away, the waters of Aikers Tank provide a rare, vital gathering point in a region defined by its scarcity, acting as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this land. While the Gila National Forest lies nine miles to the north, providing a distant, timbered contrast to the open range, the daily pulse of Glen Acres stays grounded in the maintenance of fences and the steady rhythm of the seasonal harvest. Life here moves without pretense, reflecting a cultural landscape that honors the endurance of a people who find beauty in the spare, unadorned geometry of the high desert.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shakespeare Historical Marker (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 201° S
Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 201° S
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 9.2 mi, 066° NE · 2.7M acres
Lordsburg Playa Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.6 mi, 262° W
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.5 mi, 269° W · 4,016 acres
Gila Lower Box Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.4 mi, 336° NW · 8,802 acres
Gila Lower Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 18.8 mi, 341° N
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.4 mi, 270° W · 20k acres
Fisherman's Point (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 336° NW
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 22.4 mi, 295° NW
Red Rock Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.8 mi, 001° N
Playas Siding (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 168° S
Smugglers Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 190° S
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 36.5 mi, 241° SW · 1.7M acres
H B Ailman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 043° NE
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 043° NE
Bullard Hotel Historic Site (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 043° NE
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 37.4 mi, 042° NE
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 37.4 mi, 042° NE
Martin Maher House Historic Site (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 043° NE
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 042° NE
Penny Park Mosaics (Public Artwork) — 37.9 mi, 042° NE
Chiricahua Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.7 mi, 216° SW · 87k acres
Wagon (Historic Ruins) — 41.1 mi, 240° SW
Abandoned Car (Historic Ruins) — 41.2 mi, 240° SW
Chiricahua National Monument (National Monument) — 41.5 mi, 237° SW · 12k acres
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 45.3 mi, 250° W
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 52.9 mi, 320° NW · 24k acres
Camp Rucker (Museum) — 57.1 mi, 221° SW
Stargazer 5 (Cinema) — 67.2 mi, 299° NW

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