La Huerta New Mexico Map
Explore La Huerta, 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 Huerta, New Mexico
How to Use This La Huerta, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Huerta, 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 Huerta.
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 Huerta |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Eddy County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 32.442896 |
| Longitude | -104.22106 |
| Population | 1,448 |
| Density | 366.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 88220 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| County Seat | Carlsbad |
| School District | Carlsbad Municipal Schools |
About La Huerta, New Mexico
La Huerta is a locality in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,448. The population density is 366.8 people per km². La Huerta is located at 32.4429°N, 104.2211°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88220.La Huerta stretches across the arid high desert floor, defined by the persistent, life-giving ribbon of the Pecos River as it carves through the sun-bleached earth. It lies 1.6 miles north-northeast of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 16°T), and is situated 29.6 miles south-southeast of Artesia. The landscape rises toward the faint, jagged silhouette of the Avalon Hills to the west, while the sun bleaches the alkali-heavy soil into a pale, reflective dust that catches the sharp, unfiltered light of midday. Riverview Park sits at the center of this expanse, offering a small sanctuary of greenery where the cottonwoods lean toward the water, their leaves whispering in a dry, restless wind that carries the scent of sage and heated stone. To the north, the terrain dips into the rugged creases of Dark Canyon Draw, a reminder of the quiet, erosive power that has shaped this basin over countless seasons.
History in La Huerta remains etched in the stubborn resilience of those who learned to coax sustenance from the thirsty ground, balancing the demands of a changing economy against the harsh reality of the desert climate. Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of life here, as farmers draw upon the Pecos River to nurture the fields that stand in stark, verdant contrast to the surrounding scrub. Beyond the cultivated rows, the presence of Alkali Lake five miles distant marks the limits of the valley’s hydration, a shallow basin that glimmers under the vast, cloudless sky. Life in La Huerta moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, shaped by the cycles of the harvest and the long, cooling shadows that stretch across the plains as the light turns to an amber glow each evening.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lake Carlsbad Recreation Area (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 208° SW
- Pecos River Village Recreation Area (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 170° S
- Lake Carlsbad Tennis Courts (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 182° S
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 176° S
- Time Capsule (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 177° S
- Eddy National Bank Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 196° S
- Eddy and Bissell Livestock Company Headquarters Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 196° S
- Eddy County Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 196° S
- J J Hagerman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 196° S
- Sunset Park (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 247° SW
- The Reader (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 200° S
- Carlsbad Wildife Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 306° NW · 12k acres
- La Cueva 6 (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 266° W
- M-42 Duster (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 180° S
- Living Desert State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 271° W
- Brantley Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 302° NW
- Carlsbad Pbr #7 (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 046° NE
- Brantley Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 318° NW
- Carlsbad Pbr #10 (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 359° N
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 19.3 mi, 208° SW · 46k acres
- Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.0 mi, 215° SW · 31k acres
- Walnut Canyon (Viewpoint) — 21.8 mi, 215° SW
- Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 28.8 mi, 234° SW · 1.1M acres
- Artesia Historical Museum and Art Centre (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 339° N
- Ocotillo (Theatre) — 29.5 mi, 339° N
- Lake Arthur Educational Museum (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 348° N
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 43.1 mi, 225° SW · 87k acres
- Pine Springs Amphitheater (Theatre) — 51.7 mi, 223° SW
- Lea County Museum (Museum) — 61.4 mi, 055° NE
- Walker Aviation Museum (Museum) — 62.1 mi, 344° N
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About This La Huerta Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Huerta, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.442896, -104.22106. 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 Huerta includes the ZIP code (88220), telephone area code (575), county seat of Eddy County (Carlsbad), and school district assignment (Carlsbad Municipal 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. |
