La Madera New Mexico Map
Explore La Madera, 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 Madera, New Mexico
How to Use This La Madera, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Madera, 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 Madera.
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 Madera |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Rio Arriba County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.234536 |
| Longitude | -106.334012 |
| Population | 729 |
| Density | 21.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 87539, 87047 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Tierra Amarilla |
| School District | Bernalillo Public Schools |
About La Madera, New Mexico
La Madera is a locality in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 729. The population density is 21.5 people per km². La Madera is located at 35.2345°N, 106.3340°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87539, 87047.La Madera emerges from the high desert floor as a quiet confluence of arid earth and the persistent, life-giving flow of the Rio Vallecitos. It lies 27.4 miles north of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 5°T), and is situated 26.1 miles west of Taos. The landscape is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of the Cañon de la Madera, where the terrain rises in layers of sun-bleached stone and rugged sagebrush. Within the boundaries of the Carson National Forest, the air holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the distant Sangre de Cristo Mountains, turning them into pale, violet-hued silhouettes against the afternoon sky. The light here does not merely illuminate; it settles into the texture of the soil, revealing a stark, elemental beauty that shifts from ochre to copper as the sun retreats behind the basin walls.
History in La Madera is told through the enduring patience of the land and the modest footprints of those who labored to cultivate its narrow, fertile margins. Economic life has long been tethered to the timber and resources found in the nearby Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit, a legacy that respects the slow, deliberate pace of the surrounding woods. While the modern world moves with a different cadence, the rhythms of life here remain tied to the seasons and the cycle of the landscape, far from the reach of the distant Abiquiu Reservoir. The cultural character of La Madera persists as a quiet synthesis of deep-rooted traditions, where the scent of cedar smoke in the crisp evening air serves as a constant reminder of the generations who have looked to these hills for sustenance and shelter.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Golden Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 001° N
- Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 318° NW · 1.6M acres
- Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 019° N
- Pa-ako ruins (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 154° SE
- Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.3 mi, 289° W · 38k acres
- Sandia Knolls (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 164° S
- Tinkertown Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 203° SW
- San Antonito (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 185° S
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 197° S
- TWA Flight 260 (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 246° SW
- Henderson Store (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 073° E
- Bernalillo Watershed Addition, Plo 3839 10/4/1965 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 301° NW · 1,700 acres
- Bernalillo Watershed, Plo 1882 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 288° W · 2,412 acres
- Old Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 8.1 mi, 243° SW
- Bernalillo Watershed Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.7 mi, 292° W
- Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 250° W
- In Loving Rememberance of Gary Tisone (Public Artwork) — 8.8 mi, 236° SW
- Las Placitas Historic Marker (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 301° NW
- Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 237° SW
- Robert M. White Amphitheater (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 237° SW
- Ball Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.9 mi, 002° N
- Museum of the American Military Family (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 194° S
- Tijeras Canyon Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 196° S
- Ortiz Mts Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 054° NE
- La Cueva Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 254° W
- Wildlife West Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 13.5 mi, 146° SE
- Weems Art Gallery (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 245° SW
- Alehandro Gonzales House Historic Site (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 271° W
- Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 20.7 mi, 261° W · 2,949 acres
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 016° N · 1.5M acres
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About This La Madera Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Madera, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.234536, -106.334012. 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 Madera includes the ZIP code (87539, 87047), telephone area code (505), county seat of Rio Arriba County (Tierra Amarilla), and school district assignment (Bernalillo 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. |
