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Hachita New Mexico Map

Explore Hachita, 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 Hachita, New Mexico

How to Use This Hachita, New Mexico Map

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

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	Hachita
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	31.91815
Longitude	-108.320321
Population	52
Density	45.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88040
Area Code	575
County Seat	Silver City
School District	Silver City Consolidated Schools

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About Hachita, New Mexico

Hachita is a locality in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 45.3 people per km². Hachita is located at 31.9182°N, 108.3203°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88040.

Hachita occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the high desert where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky of unrelenting clarity. It lies 40.8 miles southwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 234°T), and is situated 58.9 miles south of Silver City. The landscape around Hachita is defined by the stark, jagged silhouette of the Apache Hills, which loom six miles away as a serrated edge against the blue. To the north, the shallow depression of Willow Draw carves a subtle path through the parched earth, while the modest basin of South Tank holds a rare, quiet stillness just a mile from the center of the settlement. The air here carries the scent of dry creosote and baked dust, vibrating with a heat that softens the harsh lines of the scrubland into a hazy, shimmering mirage by midday.

Copper mining and the iron pulse of the railroad once anchored the ambition of Hachita, drawing prospectors to the rugged terrain before the industry receded into the quietude of the present day. Traces of that earlier, industrious era remain in the weathered foundations that cling to the earth, marking where laborers and families sought their fortune beneath the vast, indifferent expanse of the sky. Beyond the immediate settlement, the rugged reaches of the Cedar Mountains Wilderness Study Area offer a sanctuary of silence ten miles out, preserving a wilder character that resists the encroachment of time. Today, the pace of life follows the slow arc of the sun, and the distant, dry bed of Burro Cienaga serves as a reminder of the water that once carved these plains, leaving behind a land that demands patience from those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hachita Historic Marker (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 283° W
Cedar Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.6 mi, 085° E · 15k acres
Big Hatchet Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.1 mi, 195° S · 67k acres
Big Hatchet Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.2 mi, 199° S
Playas Siding (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 282° W
Smugglers Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 275° W
Alamo Hueco Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 29.4 mi, 186° S
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 346° N · 2.7M acres
Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 319° NW
Gray School (Historic Ruins) — 40.5 mi, 234° SW
Luna County Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 054° NE
Christ Light Community Church (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 054° NE
Seaman Field House Historic Site (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 054° NE
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 42.7 mi, 244° SW · 1.7M acres
Tractor Minion (Public Artwork) — 46.4 mi, 269° W
Chiricahua Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.0 mi, 268° W · 87k acres
Cathedral Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 50.0 mi, 268° W
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 56.4 mi, 083° E · 574k acres
Potrillo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 57.0 mi, 091° E · 118k acres
Chiricahua National Monument (National Monument) — 57.7 mi, 274° W · 12k acres
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 58.9 mi, 002° N
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 59.4 mi, 002° N
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 59.4 mi, 002° N
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 59.4 mi, 002° N
Wagon (Historic Ruins) — 59.9 mi, 281° W
Camp Rucker (Museum) — 62.0 mi, 260° W
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 67.6 mi, 284° W

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