Lake Sumner New Mexico Map
Explore Lake Sumner, 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 Lake Sumner, New Mexico
How to Use This Lake Sumner, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake Sumner, 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 Lake Sumner.
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 | Lake Sumner |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | De Baca County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 34.62361 |
| Longitude | -104.40219 |
| Population | 72 |
| Density | 0.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 88119 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| County Seat | Fort Sumner |
| School District | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools |
About Lake Sumner, New Mexico
Lake Sumner is a locality in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 0.4 people per km². Lake Sumner is located at 34.6236°N, 104.4022°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88119.Lake Sumner manifests as a vast, shimmering expanse held within the arid reach of the high desert, where the stillness of the water contrasts sharply against the sun-bleached earth. It lies 66.6 miles west-northwest of Portales, NM (from Portales, NM: bearing 297°T), and is situated 27.9 miles southeast of Santa Rosa. Alamogordo Creek snakes toward this basin, feeding the reservoir with a deliberate, slow persistence that carves a path through the thirsty plains. To the west, the distant outline of Piñon Point anchors the horizon, its rugged silhouette a reminder of the tectonic patience that formed the nearby Colorado Canyon. The air here holds a dry, sharp clarity, and when the sun begins its descent, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality that illuminates the sparse scrub and the quiet, earthen tones of the surrounding basin.
Sumner Lake State Park preserves this intersection of water and wild prairie, offering a sanctuary for those who seek the quietude of a landscape defined by its openness. The economy of the region remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, shifting with the seasonal irrigation needs and the quiet ebb and flow of visitors drawn to the reservoir’s edges. History here is written in the layers of the soil, where the legacy of early settlers persists in the way the wind moves across the grasses. Life at Lake Sumner moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, characterized by the simple necessity of managing the water that sustains this pocket of life amidst the vast, unrelenting expanse of the New Mexico plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Sumner Lake State Park (State Park) — locality lies within
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 137° SE
- Cowboy and dog next to fence at Billy the Kid F.O.E. (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 140° SE
- Rodrick Drug Store Historic Site (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 140° SE
- Bosque Redondo Lake (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 142° SE
- Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 319° NW
- Grzelachowski House Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 317° NW
- Vásquez De Coronado’s Route (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 317° NW
- Jesus M Casaus House Historic Site (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 324° NW
- Pecos Theatre (Cinema) — 27.2 mi, 324° NW
- Explosion Rocks Tolar (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 116° SE
- Santa Rosa Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 30.5 mi, 334° NW
- Santa Rosa Lake State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 331° NW
- Roswell Cave Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 40.6 mi, 200° S
- North Pecos River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 43.6 mi, 174° S
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 53.1 mi, 045° NE
- Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 57.1 mi, 327° NW
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 62.5 mi, 317° NW · 1.5M acres
- Caprock View (Viewpoint) — 64.2 mi, 067° NE
- Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 65.2 mi, 355° N · 22k acres
- Blackwater Draw Locality 1 (Historic Ruins) — 66.0 mi, 111° E
- Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.8 mi, 181° S · 50k acres
- Salt Creek Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 68.8 mi, 181° S · 9,723 acres
- Old Frazier Schoolhouse (Historic Ruins) — 70.9 mi, 177° S
- Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 71.4 mi, 252° W · 1.6M acres
- Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.0 mi, 325° NW · 17k acres
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About This Lake Sumner Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Sumner, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.62361, -104.40219. 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 Lake Sumner includes the ZIP code (88119), telephone area code (575), county seat of De Baca County (Fort Sumner), and school district assignment (Fort Sumner 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. |
