La Cienega New Mexico Map
Explore La Cienega, 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 Cienega, New Mexico
How to Use This La Cienega, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Cienega, 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 Cienega.
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 Cienega |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Torrance County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.579438 |
| Longitude | -106.113075 |
| Population | 3,885 |
| Density | 128.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 87036, 87507 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Estancia |
| School District | Santa Fe Public Schools |
About La Cienega, New Mexico
La Cienega is a locality in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,885. The population density is 128.6 people per km². La Cienega is located at 35.5794°N, 106.1131°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87036, 87507.La Cienega holds a quiet gravity, defined by the stark, ochre-toned earth and the vast, thin air of the high desert. It lies 27.6 miles southeast of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 124°T), and is situated 19.4 miles southeast of Meadow Lake. The landscape here is carved by the slow, persistent passage of time, where the terrain slopes toward the Cañon de la Gotera and the sharp, volcanic profile of Cerrito del Espia rises as a sentinel against the horizon. Water, rare and precious, dictates the geography; the Arroyo de Manzano carves a shallow, dusty path through the scrubland, marking the rhythm of a land that is parched for much of the year. During the long, golden afternoons, the light flattens the shadows, revealing the subtle textures of clay and stone that have remained largely undisturbed, save for the occasional reach of Manzano Mountains State Park where the scrub gives way to more rugged, untamed ground.
History in La Cienega is etched into the very soil, reflecting generations of people who learned to coax life from the dry, sun-baked plains. The economy has long pivoted on the patient labor of agriculture, with small, private plots maintaining a tradition of cultivation that predates the faster pace of the modern world. Life moves with an observant, deliberate slowness, far from the distant reach of Laguna del Perro, as residents move between their adobe walls and the open expanse of the high desert. Whether following the distant, winding path of the Ox Canyon Trail or tending to the harvest, the people of La Cienega maintain a quiet, enduring connection to their surroundings, finding beauty in the austere simplicity of a landscape that demands both respect and resilience.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — locality lies within
- Los Golondrinas (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 232° SW
- Las Golondrinas (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 232° SW
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 167° S
- Plaza Salazar (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 166° S
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 169° S
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 178° S
- Entertainment Space (Theatre) — 0.5 mi, 164° S
- Ann Wauben (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 154° SE
- Mountain Village (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 169° S
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 162° S
- La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 340° N
- Kokopelli (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 112° E
- The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 072° E
- Spartacus Art Services (Arts Centre) — 4.0 mi, 074° E
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 270° W · 1.5M acres
- Edge Contemporary (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 084° E
- Mount Chalchihuitl Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 176° S
- Science on a Sphere (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 075° E
- Visual Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 6.7 mi, 075° E
- Regal Cinemas Santa Fe Place (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 055° NE
- Sara Miller Contemporary Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 070° E
- Donaciana (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 067° NE
- Santa Fe Canyon Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.2 mi, 009° N
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.4 mi, 321° NW · 25k acres
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 13.4 mi, 321° NW · 34k acres
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (National Monument) — 16.2 mi, 285° W · 5,404 acres
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.9 mi, 062° NE · 222k acres
- Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 306° NW · 58k acres
- Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 24.2 mi, 214° SW · 1.6M acres
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About This La Cienega Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Cienega, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.579438, -106.113075. 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 Cienega includes the ZIP code (87036, 87507), telephone area code (505), county seat of Torrance County (Estancia), 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. |
