Los Cerrillos New Mexico Map

About Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Los Cerrillos is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 258. The population density is 29.6 people per km². Los Cerrillos is located at 35.4272°N, 106.1212°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87010.

Los Cerrillos emerges from the high desert floor as a collection of sun-bleached adobe forms that seem to have grown directly from the mineral-rich earth. It lies 20.2 miles south-southwest of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 211°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of La Cienega. The San Marcos Arroyo cuts a jagged, sandy path through the landscape, its dry bed carving a silence that defines the surrounding basin. To the west, the distant Sandia Mountains anchor the horizon, their jagged crests catching the violet hues of a fading sun that turns the dust of the plains into a fine, suspended gold. Within the boundaries of Cerrillos Hills Historic Park, the terrain rises into broken, scrub-covered ridges, where the air remains thin and crisp, carrying the sharp, resinous scent of sagebrush and dry stone.

Mining history lingers in the deep, dormant shafts that pockmark the hills, a legacy of the silver and turquoise rushes that once drew prospectors to this rugged expanse. Los Cerrillos maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, far removed from the industry of larger centers, where the local economy shifts between the preservation of its storied trails and the slow, steady rhythm of artisanal trade. Beyond the immediate reach of the Cerrillos Reservoir, the land retains its ancient, austere character, indifferent to the passage of decades. Life here moves in accordance with the shifting intensity of the light, which clarifies the edges of the crumbling wood fences and weathered stone walls, grounding the observer in a place where the earth itself feels heavy with the weight of time.

About This Los Cerrillos Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.427201, -106.121172. 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 Los Cerrillos includes the ZIP code (87010), telephone area code (505), county seat of Santa Fe County (Santa Fe), and school district assignment (Santa Fe Public Schools).

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.