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Los Chaves New Mexico Map

Explore Los Chaves, 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 Los Chaves, New Mexico

How to Use This Los Chaves, New Mexico Map

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

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	Los Chaves
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Valencia County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	34.7334
Longitude	-106.7611
Population	4,997
Density	168.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87002
Area Code	505
County Seat	Los Lunas
School District	Belen Consolidated Schools

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About Los Chaves, New Mexico

Los Chaves is a locality in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,997. The population density is 168.4 people per km². Los Chaves is located at 34.7334°N, 106.7611°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87002.

Los Chaves occupies a quiet stretch of the high desert floor where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun dips toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Picho Hill. It lies 5.3 miles south-southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 197°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Belen. The landscape is defined by a vast, open flatness, interrupted only by the sporadic growth of scrub brush and the occasional deepening of the earth toward Pedro Draw. A mile to the east, the Rio Grande carves a persistent green ribbon through the arid terrain, providing a necessary contrast to the parched, sun-bleached soil. While the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the sky, the atmosphere here possesses a peculiar clarity, a sharpening of color that turns the shadows of late afternoon into deep, indigo pools.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Los Chaves, a vestige of the irrigation practices that have sustained families here for generations. The economy retains a modest, agrarian character, relying on the persistence of local fields that draw their vitality from the proximity of the water. Residents often travel a few miles north to the Los Lunas Sports Complex for organized activity, yet the daily rhythm of Los Chaves itself remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. Far from the busier corridors, the life of the place is marked by the smell of dry earth and the occasional stillness of La Lechusa Tank, which remains a silent, reflective point in the vast expanse of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Los Lunas Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 014° N
El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 334° NW
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 184° S
War Cannon (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 017° N
Belen Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 180° S
Casa Colorada Waterfowl Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 180° S
Dust Bowl Home Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 188° S
Site of historic Isleta Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 021° N
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 285° W
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 16.0 mi, 118° SE · 1.6M acres
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.0 mi, 118° SE · 37k acres
Manzano Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.8 mi, 085° E · 896 acres
Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 015° N · 1,142 acres
Hubbell House Historic Site (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 012° N
Pajarito (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 012° N
Giant Stone Rattlesnake (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 022° N
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.5 mi, 180° S · 456k acres
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 23.2 mi, 021° N
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 020° N
Flame of Hope (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 020° N
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 23.8 mi, 014° N
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 013° N
Sierra Ladrones Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.1 mi, 219° SW · 48k acres
South Broadway Cultural Center (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 016° N
The Wheels Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 015° N
DTRA Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 029° NE
New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 014° N
Mothership Alumni (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 014° N
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 25.4 mi, 000° N · 2,949 acres
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.5 mi, 035° NE · 38k acres

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