Explore Lindrith, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lindrith, 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 Lindrith.
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 | Lindrith |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Rio Arriba County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 36.315452 |
| Longitude | -107.03919 |
| Population | 32 |
| Density | 3.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87029 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Tierra Amarilla |
| School District | Jemez Mountain Public Schools |
Lindrith remains a quiet expanse of high desert, defined by the dry, winding trajectory of the Cañada Jacquez that cuts through the pale, sun-bleached earth. It lies 50.3 miles northwest of Los Alamos, NM (from Los Alamos, NM: bearing 305°T), and is situated 58.0 miles west-northwest of Española. The horizon is dominated by the vast, silent presence of the San Juan Mountains, which anchor the northwestern skyline in a jagged line of blue-gray stone. Only three miles away, the Santa Fe National Forest offers a dark, evergreen contrast to the sparse scrubland, where the air holds the dry, resinous scent of juniper and warming dust. The light here operates with a singular clarity, turning the landscape into a study of sharp shadows and long, amber-hued afternoons that seem to stretch time itself. Barely two miles from the quiet stillness of Bear Lake, the terrain descends toward the rugged, arid depth of Oso Canyon, creating a topography that is both severe and intensely deliberate.
Economic life in Lindrith has long been tethered to the slow, persistent rhythms of the land, shaped by the extraction of natural resources and the modest efforts of those who work the soil. The history of the region is a layered sediment of Hispano and Anglo influence, visible in the weathered architecture and the resilience of those who endure the harsh, seasonal shifts of the high desert. Life here is stripped of excess, governed by the demands of the climate and the isolation that keeps the pace of the day measured and steady. While the modern world moves with frantic haste, the people of Lindrith maintain a connection to the cycles of the seasons, finding a quiet utility in the stark beauty of the plains. It is a place that demands patience, rewarding the traveler with a profound, unadorned silence that settles into the bones long after the sun has vanished behind the distant ridges.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lindrith, New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.315452, -107.03919. 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 Lindrith includes the ZIP code (87029), telephone area code (505), county seat of Rio Arriba County (Tierra Amarilla), and school district assignment (Jemez Mountain 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. |