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Lemitar New Mexico Map

Explore Lemitar, 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 Lemitar, New Mexico

How to Use This Lemitar, New Mexico Map

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

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	Lemitar
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Socorro County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	34.159789
Longitude	-106.910306
Population	346
Density	97.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87823
Area Code	575
County Seat	Socorro
School District	Socorro Consolidated Schools

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About Lemitar, New Mexico

Lemitar is a locality in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 97.4 people per km². Lemitar is located at 34.1598°N, 106.9103°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87823.

Lemitar occupies a stretch of high desert where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth, creating a vast, luminous clarity that seems to sharpen every blade of dry grass. It lies 45.8 miles south-southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 193°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Socorro. The landscape is defined by the stark, weathered prominence of Johnson Hill, which casts a long, violet shadow as the sun dips low, while the nearby Cañoncito de Puertecito del Lemitar offers a rugged, narrow cut through the terrain. A mile to the east, the Rio Grande Main Conveyance Channel marks the steady, deliberate movement of water across the parched plains, its presence a quiet insistence of life in an otherwise arid expanse. Beyond the immediate reach of the valley, the Veranito Wilderness Study Area preserves a raw, untamed stillness, and even the distant, infrequent sparkle of Hidden Tank serves as a reminder of the precious, sequestered nature of water in this climate.

Lemitar carries the weight of a long-settled history, where the rhythms of agriculture and the legacy of early land grants still dictate the pace of the day. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, with small-scale farming and the seasonal ritual of the chile harvest defining the annual cycle of labor and reward. Life in Lemitar unfolds with a deliberate, unassuming consistency, where the architectural remnants of adobe structures speak to a time when building materials were pulled directly from the clay beneath one’s feet. This is a place where the social fabric is woven from deep-rooted families and a quiet, persistent independence, and where the transition from the heat of midday to the cool, thin air of evening brings a profound, hollow silence that settles over the fields like a shroud.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veranito Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 1.9 mi, 062° NE · 7,292 acres
Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.7 mi, 270° W
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.1 mi, 019° N · 456k acres
EMRTC Rattlesnake (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 184° S
Presilla Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.1 mi, 144° SE · 7,946 acres
Sedillo Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 174° S
Alice Kase Memorial Bench (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 181° S
Robert M. Lockhart Plaque (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 181° S
Linda Weiss Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 178° S
Jumbo Fragment (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 172° S
San Lorenzo Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 319° NW
La Joya Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 017° N
Magdalena Fault Historical Marker (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 241° SW
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 12.7 mi, 230° SW · 1.6M acres
Landmuir Research Site Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 14.1 mi, 218° SW
Bernalillo Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 016° N
Dobson House Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 261° W
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.0 mi, 180° S · 114k acres
Chupadera Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.0 mi, 180° S · 5,442 acres
San Pasqual Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.6 mi, 166° S · 20k acres
Carthage Tokay Farley Historical Marker (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 151° SE
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 013° N
Reoccupation Plazuela (Historic Ruins) — 36.5 mi, 057° NE
Abo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 36.5 mi, 057° NE
Gypsy Raven Studios (Arts Centre) — 45.6 mi, 057° NE
Manzano Mountain Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 45.6 mi, 057° NE
Quarai Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 049° NE
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 63.7 mi, 015° N
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 64.2 mi, 323° NW
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 64.4 mi, 013° N

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