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Lake Valley New Mexico Map

Explore Lake Valley, 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 Valley, New Mexico

How to Use This Lake Valley, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake Valley, 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 Valley.

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 Valley
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	San Juan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.090055
Longitude	-108.164155
Population	73
Density	3.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	88042, 87499
Area Code	575, 505
County Seat	Aztec
School District	Farmington Municipal Schools

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About Lake Valley, New Mexico

Lake Valley is a locality in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 3.4 people per km². Lake Valley is located at 36.0901°N, 108.1642°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 88042, 87499.

Lake Valley exists as a stark, sun-bleached expanse defined by the meandering path of the Kim-me-ni-oli Wash, which carves a restless, dusty furrow through the high desert floor. It lies 44.1 miles south of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 176°T), and is situated 28.6 miles north of Crownpoint. The landscape radiates outward from the basin of Rock Point Valley, where the dry, unyielding earth offers little resistance to the persistent scouring of the wind. To the north, the silhouette of Red Hill rises five miles distant, a silent sentinel watching over the arid plains, while the stillness of Juans Lake provides a rare, glassy reflection of the pale, cloudless sky. The air here holds a peculiar, thin clarity that sharpens the edges of every rock and shrub, casting long, violet shadows as the sun retreats behind the horizon.

Lake Valley carries the weight of a quiet, weathered history that persists in the remaining foundations of an era defined by hard labor and the pursuit of mineral wealth. The local economy, once tethered to the extraction of resources from the unforgiving soil, now exists in a state of patient suspension, marked by the slow reclamation of the land by sagebrush and scrub. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the settlement, the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Road Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the rugged integrity of the terrain, shielding the geological remnants from the encroachment of modern industry. Life in Lake Valley moves with the deliberate, measured pace of the seasons, where the primary rhythm is dictated by the turning of the light and the shifting colors of the dust, leaving the inhabitants to dwell in a space that feels both profoundly empty and remarkably complete.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kin Bineola (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 168° S
Kin Klizhin (Historic Ruins) — 6.6 mi, 130° SE
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Road Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.7 mi, 049° NE
Fossil Forest Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.0 mi, 029° NE
Hoodoo with 2 legs (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 068° E
Red Dinosaur Egg (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 068° E
Chocolate Penguin King (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 068° E
Petrified Wood Turtle (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 068° E
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.0 mi, 000° N · 48k acres
Terrace View (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 099° E
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.7 mi, 070° E · 7,233 acres
US HW 550 end (Monument) — 44.1 mi, 013° N
Lamp & Light (Public Artwork) — 44.4 mi, 005° N
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 45.2 mi, 199° S · 1.6M acres
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 45.5 mi, 214° SW
Brooks Isham Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 46.1 mi, 346° N
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 46.2 mi, 211° SW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 46.5 mi, 358° N
Henderson Art Gallery (Gallery) — 46.9 mi, 360° N
Henderson Performance Hall (Theatre) — 47.0 mi, 360° N
Planetarium/West Classrooms (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 360° N
New Mexico State Historic Marker (Monument) — 47.5 mi, 184° S
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 48.8 mi, 218° SW
Aztec Ruins National Monument (National Monument) — 52.0 mi, 010° N · 265 acres
Ignacio Chavez Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 54.2 mi, 131° SE · 32k acres
Navajo Lake State Park (State Park) — 55.3 mi, 028° NE
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 56.6 mi, 058° NE · 1.4M acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 68.2 mi, 166° S · 263k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 69.4 mi, 164° S · 109k acres
Mesa Verde National Park (National Park) — 75.3 mi, 348° N · 53k acres

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