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Hanover New Mexico Map

Explore Hanover, 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 Hanover, New Mexico

How to Use This Hanover, New Mexico Map

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

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.

CityHanover
StateNew Mexico (NM)
CountyGrant County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude32.813408
Longitude-108.091154
Population144
Density39.8 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code88041
Area Code575
County SeatSilver City
School DistrictCobre Consolidated Schools

About Hanover, New Mexico

Hanover is a locality in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 39.8 people per km². Hanover is located at 32.8134°N, 108.0912°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88041.

Hanover emerges from the dry, sun-bleached earth where the quiet waters of Hanover Creek cut a persistent path through the high desert floor. It lies 42.3 miles north-northwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 333°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-northeast of Bayard. Bull Hill rises abruptly from the immediate landscape, its stony slopes catching the amber light of late afternoon as shadows stretch across the rugged terrain of Buckhorn Gulch. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often cooling rapidly once the sun slips behind the horizon, leaving the terrain bathed in a bruised, violet stillness. Just a mile away, the sprawling expanse of the Gila National Forest offers a contrast of deep green, providing a wild, untamed backdrop to the arid ground that defines the character of Hanover.

Mining has long dictated the pulse of this place, leaving behind the skeletal remains of industrial ambition and a soil that holds the memory of deep-earth extraction. The legacy of the region is etched into the arid hillsides, where the remnants of old labor stand as silent witnesses to the generations who worked the veins beneath the crust. Today, the rhythm of life remains tethered to this stark, geological inheritance, though the echoes of the historic Wood Haul Wagon Road Trail five miles away remind travelers of a time when the movement of timber and ore defined the survival of those who settled these plains. It is a place of austere beauty, where the harshness of the landscape is tempered by the persistent, unyielding light that turns the dust to gold at the close of every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 310° NW · 2.7M acres
  • Ft. Bayard Mil. Res. Other (National Forest) — 2.4 mi, 244° SW · 1,521 acres
  • Bataan Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 242° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 215° SW
  • Bear Canyon Lake (and Dam) (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 047° NE
  • Doctor Granville Wood House Historic Site (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 065° NE
  • Otto Huechling House Historic Site (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 065° NE
  • Mattocks Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 074° E
  • Mimbres Heritage Cultural Center (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 075° E
  • Luciana B Grijalva House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
  • Acklin Store Historic Site (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 085° E
  • Ben Lilly Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 303° NW
  • Penny Park Mosaics (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 258° W
  • Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 255° W
  • Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 257° W
  • Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 258° W
  • Webb Theater (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 258° W
  • The Net (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 251° W
  • Gila Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.2 mi, 000° N · 560k acres
  • City of Rocks- Table Mountain/Faywood Cienega (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 153° SE
  • City Of Rocks State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 157° SE
  • Aldo Leopold Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.1 mi, 020° N · 204k acres
  • Cooke's Range Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 27.2 mi, 139° SE · 20k acres
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (National Monument) — 29.3 mi, 343° N · 1,148 acres
  • Black Range Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 076° E
  • Graves (Monument) — 45.2 mi, 297° NW
  • Caballo Mountains Historic Marker (Monument) — 46.2 mi, 078° E
  • Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 49.8 mi, 112° E · 574k acres
  • Hamilton Military Museum (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 066° NE
  • The Center Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 53.2 mi, 065° NE

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About This Hanover Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hanover, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.813408, -108.091154. 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 Hanover includes the ZIP code (88041), telephone area code (575), county seat of Grant County (Silver City), and school district assignment (Cobre Consolidated Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.