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Maxwell New Mexico Map

Explore Maxwell, 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 Maxwell, New Mexico

How to Use This Maxwell, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	36.540032
Longitude	-104.543323
Population	224
Density	182.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	87728
Area Code	575
County Seat	Raton
School District	Maxwell Municipal Schools

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About Maxwell, New Mexico

Maxwell is a locality in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 224. The population density is 182.5 people per km². Maxwell is located at 36.5400°N, 104.5433°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Maxwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 87728.

Maxwell sits upon the high, arid plains where the Canadian River carves a shallow, sun-bleached path through the earth. It lies 75.6 miles north-northeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 30°T), and is situated 25.8 miles south-southwest of Raton. The horizon is wide and indifferent, dominated by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains that catch the fading light in bruised purples and golds. Only a mile away, the still water of Number Twenty Lake reflects the vast, cloud-streaked canopy of the sky, grounding the landscape in a quiet, stagnant silver. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharp enough to define the edges of the dry grasses and the weathered fence lines that mark the boundaries of a sparse, open territory.

Maxwell remains a place defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the persistent endurance of the high desert. Local life circles around the rhythms of the Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge, where the arrival of migratory birds marks the turning of the year more reliably than any calendar. The economy is tethered to the soil and the grazing livestock that move across the plains, echoing a history of settlement that relied on the hard-won water of the river basin. Even as the modern world edges closer, the character of the land remains austere and unyielding, a space where the silence of the plains is interrupted only by the wind moving through the sage or the sudden, frantic wings of waterfowl rising from the marsh.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.0 mi, 323° NW · 5,926 acres
Old Colfax County Courhouse (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 193° S
Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 264° W
Welcome Wagon (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 256° W
Covered Wagon (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 256° W
The Wonders of Discovery (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 256° W
Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 255° W
Base Camp View (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 257° W
Rayado (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 241° SW
María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 241° SW
Kiowa National Grassland (National Grassland) — 24.8 mi, 149° SE · 137k acres
Sugarite Canyon State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 018° N
Carson Other (National Forest) — 30.2 mi, 300° NW · 101k acres
Stern Post Office (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 31.4 mi, 284° W
Colin Neblett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.7 mi, 269° W
Cimarron Canyon State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 272° W
Ponil Park (Historic Ruins) — 32.7 mi, 297° NW
Capulin Volcano National Monument (National Monument) — 35.0 mi, 062° NE · 791 acres
Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 272° W
Folsom Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 059° NE
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 253° W · 1.4M acres
Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 002° N
Wheeler Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.8 mi, 272° W · 19k acres
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.3 mi, 281° W · 45k acres
Little Red School House (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 284° W
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.5 mi, 209° SW · 8,460 acres
Fine Art New Mexico LLC (Gallery) — 57.1 mi, 269° W
Taos Art Museum (Museum) — 57.7 mi, 261° W
Revolt Gallery (Gallery) — 57.8 mi, 261° W
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 60.8 mi, 284° W · 311k acres

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