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High Rolls New Mexico Map

Explore High Rolls, 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 High Rolls, New Mexico

How to Use This High Rolls, New Mexico Map

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

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	High Rolls
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Otero County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.933741
Longitude	-105.802659
Population	862
Density	21.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88325
Area Code	575
County Seat	Alamogordo
School District	Alamogordo Public Schools

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About High Rolls, New Mexico

High Rolls is a locality in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 862. The population density is 21.6 people per km². High Rolls is located at 32.9337°N, 105.8027°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88325.

High Rolls ascends the tiered slopes where the thin, crisp air of the high desert gives way to the fragrant shade of Lincoln National Forest. It lies 8.1 miles east-northeast of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 64°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east-northeast of Holloman AFB. Fresnal Creek carves a persistent, rhythmic path through the rugged terrain, its movement providing a steady pulse against the stillness of the surrounding Karr Canyon. Above the basin, the slopes climb toward the distant Sacramento Mountains, their peaks catching the amber spill of the late afternoon sun in a way that turns the ponderosa needles into needles of light. The landscape here is defined by the sharp transition between the arid, sun-bleached lowlands and the cool, shadowed groves, creating a topography where the earth seems to hold its breath in the quiet intervals between the rustling pines.

High Rolls maintains a legacy rooted in the orchard trade, where the high-altitude climate continues to favor the crisp, sweet fruit that once brought settlers to these rugged inclines. The economy remains tethered to this agricultural persistence, though the modern rhythm is marked by those who seek the solitude of the woods and the access to the Osha Trail for a deeper communion with the wilderness. History lingers in the architecture of the older dwellings, a quiet mixture of influences that reflect the diverse settlers who found utility and peace in these slopes. Life in High Rolls moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the simple, enduring necessity of tending to the land that rises so abruptly from the basin floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.1M acres
Cloudcroft Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 1.3 mi, 089° E
Haynes Canyon Vista (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 094° E
High Rolls Tunnel (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 286° W
Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 065° NE
Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 066° NE
The Alamogordo "A" (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 250° W
New Mexico Museum of Space History (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 263° W
Grave of Ham the Astrochimp (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 262° W
Desert Foothills Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 248° W
Jim R. Griggs Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 268° W
Juan Jose Gutierrez House Historic Site (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 291° W
Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.6 mi, 232° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 291° W
Sacramento Peak Observatory Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 8.8 mi, 181° S
Alamogordo Founders Park (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 256° W
Antarctic Telescope (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 185° S
Oliver Lee State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 207° SW
Casper Baca Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 16.1 mi, 008° N
Samson Miller Memorial Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 16.2 mi, 009° N
Sacramento Columbarium (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 126° SE
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 20.7 mi, 258° W · 148k acres
Culp Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 22.7 mi, 181° S · 11k acres
Avis School (Historic Ruins) — 25.5 mi, 128° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 28.3 mi, 018° N
Ruidoso River Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 014° N
Museum of the Horse (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 024° NE
White Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.5 mi, 359° N · 47k acres
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 36.5 mi, 018° N
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 55.6 mi, 231° SW · 574k acres

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