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Los Ojos New Mexico Map

Explore Los Ojos, 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 Ojos, New Mexico

How to Use This Los Ojos, New Mexico Map

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

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 Ojos
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Rio Arriba County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.738548
Longitude	-106.561657
Population	97
Density	26.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87551
Area Code	505
County Seat	Tierra Amarilla
School District	Chama Valley Independent Schools

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About Los Ojos, New Mexico

Los Ojos is a locality in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 97. The population density is 26.9 people per km². Los Ojos is located at 36.7385°N, 106.5617°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87551.

Los Ojos holds the stillness of the high country, where the Rio Chama cuts a deliberate path through the earth, carving a cool, shaded corridor beneath the high-altitude sun. It lies 57.8 miles north-northwest of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 332°T), and is situated 31.9 miles southwest of Cañon. The landscape around Los Ojos is characterized by expansive mesas and the jagged, distant silhouettes of the San Juan Mountains that anchor the horizon in a haze of violet and blue. To the north, the terrain rises into timbered slopes, while the lower ground near the riverbed supports thickets of willow and cottonwood that turn a brittle, translucent gold when the first frosts arrive. Just a few miles away, the waters of Heron Reservoir gather in a quiet basin, reflecting the vast, thin sky and the shifting clouds that move with heavy, unhurried purpose across the plateau.

History in Los Ojos remains tethered to the land, rooted in the hard-won traditions of sheep ranching and the preservation of heirloom crafts that have sustained families for generations. The economy persists in the rhythm of the seasons, where the labor of the harvest and the tending of livestock dictate the flow of the day, far removed from the frantic pace of the lowlands. Visitors drawn to the nearby Heron Lake State Park find a landscape defined by its austerity and the sharp clarity of the air, which carries the scent of sagebrush and pine. Life here is measured by the quality of the light, which catches the adobe walls and weathered fences in the late afternoon, casting long, stark shadows that define the boundaries of a place where the past is not a memory, but a constant, quiet companion to the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

T D Buras Store Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 217° SW
Gilbert Martinez Barn Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 216° SW
George Becker House Bunk House and Barn Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 216° SW
Casados House Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 216° SW
TA Marker (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 176° S
Heron Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 262° W
Rio Chama Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 214° SW
El Vado Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 236° SW
Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 350° N
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 142° SE · 1.4M acres
Rio Chama National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.1 mi, 218° SW · 9,568 acres
Cruces Basin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 mi, 044° NE · 19k acres
Rio Chama Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.5 mi, 205° SW · 11k acres
Brazos Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.2 mi, 041° NE
Rio Grande National Forest (National Forest) — 18.2 mi, 015° N · 1.8M acres
Rio Chama, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.3 mi, 210° SW · 4,212 acres
Chama River Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.9 mi, 194° S · 47k acres
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 27.6 mi, 056° NE · 311k acres
Aldo Leopold House (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 100° E
Historic Arroyo Aguaje Bridge (Monument) — 34.5 mi, 101° E
Time Capsule (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 168° S
Davy Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 095° E
Pink Flamingo (Public Artwork) — 38.9 mi, 160° S
John Bosehard Tribal & Traditional Arts (Gallery) — 39.0 mi, 160° S
Georgia O'keefe museum and home (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 160° S
1625 Gallery Cacahuate Local Art (Gallery) — 39.1 mi, 160° S
Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 39.9 mi, 170° S
Posi Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 41.4 mi, 137° SE
Pagosa Springs History Museum (Museum) — 44.0 mi, 327° NW
Classical Gas Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 137° SE

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