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Homestead New Mexico Map

Explore Homestead, 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 Homestead, New Mexico

How to Use This Homestead, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.1488
Longitude	-107.882
Population	74
Density	24.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87821
Area Code	575
County Seat	Reserve
School District	Quemado Independent Schools

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About Homestead, New Mexico

Homestead is a locality in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 24.4 people per km². Homestead is located at 34.1488°N, 107.8820°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87821.

Homestead sits upon a high, arid expanse where the earth bleeds into shades of ochre and burnt sienna under an unrelenting sun. It lies 79.6 miles southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 236°T), and is situated 57.0 miles west of Socorro. The jagged silhouettes of the Crosby Mountains rise sharply to the west, casting long, violet shadows across the scrubland as evening approaches. To the north, the terrain drops away into the rugged, shadowed depths of Main Canyon, while the stillness of Driveway Tank offers a singular, reflective mirror to the vast, cloud-streaked sky. Homestead exists in a quiet embrace with the Cibola National Forest, where the scent of dry pine needles lingers in the thin air, and the wind carries the restless spirit of an open, untamed landscape.

History clings to the dust of Homestead, marking the passage of those who sought a life carved from the stubborn, sun-baked soil. The local economy remains tethered to this resilience, defined by the slow, seasonal work of ranching and the careful stewardship of limited water resources, which must eventually travel toward the distant, unseen currents of Alamocita Creek. Life here follows the arc of the light, moving with a deliberate grace that ignores the frenetic pace of the modern world. In the quiet hours, one might notice how the golden rays of dusk soften the harsh lines of the desert, turning the hard, weathered ground into a landscape of fleeting, luminous beauty that seems to endure long after the day has surrendered to the cool, star-drenched night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 359° N · 1.6M acres
Horse Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.1 mi, 232° SW
Shiva:Shiwana (Public Artwork) — 15.7 mi, 109° E
Very Large Array (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 108° E
Horse Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.2 mi, 227° SW · 4,910 acres
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 252° W · 1.8M acres
Pelona Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 25.6 mi, 198° S
Withington Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.7 mi, 122° SE · 19k acres
Lightning Field (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 334° NW
Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 29.1 mi, 179° S · 74k acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 29.9 mi, 354° N · 263k acres
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 mi, 354° N · 62k acres
Bat Cave (Historic Ruins) — 32.0 mi, 216° SW
Dobson House Historic Site (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 093° E
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 36.8 mi, 093° E
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 39.3 mi, 351° N · 109k acres
Magdalena Fault Historical Marker (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 096° E
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.1 mi, 081° E · 456k acres
La Ventana Arch Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 49.8 mi, 360° N
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 54.7 mi, 018° N
Garret Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 55.6 mi, 003° N
Alice Kase Memorial Bench (Monument) — 55.8 mi, 095° E
Robert M. Lockhart Plaque (Monument) — 55.8 mi, 095° E
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.0 mi, 114° SE · 114k acres
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 69.5 mi, 001° N
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 72.7 mi, 061° NE
Mogollon Theater (Theatre) — 73.9 mi, 226° SW
El Cortez Theater (Cinema) — 79.1 mi, 153° SE
The Center Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 79.1 mi, 153° SE
Geronimo Springs Museum (Museum) — 79.2 mi, 153° SE

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