La Bajada New Mexico Map
Explore La Bajada, 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 La Bajada, New Mexico
How to Use This La Bajada, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Bajada, 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 La Bajada.
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 | La Bajada |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Santa Fe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.556145 |
| Longitude | -106.240857 |
| Population | 26 |
| Density | 58.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87507 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Santa Fe |
| School District | Santa Fe Public Schools |
About La Bajada, New Mexico
La Bajada is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 58.0 people per km². La Bajada is located at 35.5561°N, 106.2409°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87507.La Bajada holds a precarious position where the high desert plateau abruptly gives way to the lower valley floor, defined by the persistent, rugged course of the Santa Fe River as it cuts through the arid earth. It lies 19.3 miles west-southwest of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 242°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west of La Cienega. The landscape here is characterized by steep, basalt-strewn slopes that drop into the Cañada de Santa Fe, a geological transition that forces the air to shimmer with a distinct, golden clarity in the late afternoon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Jemez Mountains frame the horizon, while the proximity to the Santa Fe National Forest ensures that the scent of dry sagebrush is often joined by the sharp, resinous perfume of pine. It is a terrain of stark contrasts, where the muted grays and browns of the volcanic escarpment seem to absorb the heat, radiating a quiet, ancient stillness that defines the physical presence of La Bajada.
History lingers in the soil of La Bajada, marking the site as a historic gateway where travelers once negotiated the treacherous descent between the northern mesas and the river basins. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, shifting from the early necessity of navigating trade routes to the present-day quietude of small-scale agriculture and the preservation of traditional adobe architecture. Life in La Bajada moves in accordance with the seasonal demands of the harvest and the slow, deliberate maintenance of irrigation ditches that draw from the local watershed. Though the modern world remains accessible, the spirit of the place remains anchored to the proximity of Cochiti Lake and the vast, untamed expanse of the nearby forests, where the heritage of Pueblo and Hispano cultures continues to dictate the pace of daily existence.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 090° E · 1.5M acres
- La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.8 mi, 090° E
- Train Crossing (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 156° SE
- Ranch At Santa Fe Canyon (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 094° E
- Peña Geoglyph (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 290° W
- Cochiti Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 325° NW
- Galisteo Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 160° S
- Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 214° SW
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 081° E
- La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 063° NE
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 081° E
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 080° E
- Mountain Village (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 082° E
- Plaza Salazar (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 080° E
- Entertainment Space (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 081° E
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 083° E
- Mount Chalchihuitl Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 130° SE
- Abandoned Mine Marker (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 135° SE
- Kokopelli (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 088° E
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (National Monument) — 10.2 mi, 304° NW · 5,404 acres
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 10.3 mi, 344° N · 34k acres
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 344° N · 25k acres
- Cerrillos Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.4 mi, 142° SE
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 142° SE
- Trent Gerard Edwards Studio/Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 142° SE
- Paul Seftel Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 142° SE
- First River Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 142° SE
- Dome Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.9 mi, 327° NW · 5,185 acres
- Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 19.5 mi, 199° S · 1.6M acres
- Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 322° NW · 58k acres
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About This La Bajada Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Bajada, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.556145, -106.240857. 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 La Bajada includes the ZIP code (87507), telephone area code (505), county seat of Santa Fe County (Santa Fe), and school district assignment (Santa Fe Public 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
