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Las Palomas New Mexico Map

Explore Las Palomas, 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 Las Palomas, New Mexico

How to Use This Las Palomas, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Las Palomas, 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 Las Palomas.

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	Las Palomas
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Sierra County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	33.062571
Longitude	-107.29836
Population	196
Density	47.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87942
Area Code	575
County Seat	Truth or Consequences
School District	Truth or Consequences Schools

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About Las Palomas, New Mexico

Las Palomas is a locality in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 47.2 people per km². Las Palomas is located at 33.0626°N, 107.2984°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87942.

Las Palomas emerges from the high desert floor as a quiet expanse of sun-bleached earth and sagebrush, defined by the persistent, winding path of Palomas Creek. It lies 60.0 miles north-northwest of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 330°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-southwest of Truth or Consequences. The horizon is anchored by the rugged, silent silhouettes of the Mud Springs Mountains, which catch the bruised colors of a dying sun each evening. To the southeast, the terrain dips into the dry, intricate folds of Red Canyon, contrasting with the nearby stillness of Caballo Reservoir, where the water holds the sky like a polished mirror. The air here carries a dry, mineral clarity, sharpening the outlines of every creosote bush and limestone outcrop against a vast, unrelenting blue.

History clings to Las Palomas in the form of low-slung structures and the persistent, slow-moving pace of a regional economy rooted in the land. Residents move with the cadence of a place where the proximity of Caballo Lake State Park dictates the seasonal ebb and flow of visitors seeking the high desert solitude. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the shifting intensity of the light and the annual cycle of growth along the creek beds. There is a particular, enduring gravity to the way the day concludes in Las Palomas, as the shadow of the landscape lengthens across the plains and the temperature drops with the sudden, sharp efficiency of the high desert night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Caballo Lake State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 177° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 002° N
Louis Armijo Recreation Complex (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 010° N
Palomas Gap (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 102° E
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 025° NE
Hamilton Military Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 025° NE
Carrie TIngley Historic Marker (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 026° NE
Spaceport America Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 029° NE
The Center Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 028° NE
El Cortez Theater (Cinema) — 5.3 mi, 028° NE
Geronimo Springs Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 030° NE
Gene Speer Tennis Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 028° NE
Elephant Butte Lake State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 050° NE
Caballo Mountains Historic Marker (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 186° S
Long Point (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 027° NE
Alamosa Ranch House and Blacksmith Shop Historic Site (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 023° NE
Black Range Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 238° SW
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 22.1 mi, 241° SW · 2.7M acres
Aldo Leopold Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.1 mi, 266° W · 204k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 25.7 mi, 000° N · 1.6M acres
Emory Pass Vista (Viewpoint) — 29.0 mi, 249° W
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 30.0 mi, 166° S · 574k acres
Whitmore Cabin (Ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 33.0 mi, 282° W
Apache Kid Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.5 mi, 347° N · 45k acres
Camino de Sueños (Public Artwork) — 39.6 mi, 014° N
Mimbres Heritage Cultural Center (Historic Ruins) — 41.4 mi, 249° W
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.1 mi, 029° NE · 114k acres
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 49.3 mi, 106° E · 148k acres
M. Phillip's Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 60.1 mi, 150° SE
Rio Grande Theatre (Theatre) — 60.1 mi, 150° SE

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