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McGaffey New Mexico Map

Explore McGaffey, 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 McGaffey, New Mexico

How to Use This McGaffey, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	35.375304
Longitude	-108.515633
Density	0.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	87316, 87347
Area Code	505
County Seat	Gallup
School District	Gallup-McKinley County Schools

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About McGaffey, New Mexico

McGaffey is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population density is 0.1 people per km². McGaffey is located at 35.3753°N, 108.5156°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87316, 87347.

McGaffey emerges from the high-altitude silence of the Cibola National Forest, a place where the air thins and sharpens against the scent of damp pine needles. It lies 16.6 miles southeast of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 130°T), and is situated 28.2 miles northeast of Zuni Pueblo. The terrain of McGaffey is defined by the deep, narrow creases of Train Canyon, which holds the morning shadows long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. Within this forested expanse, the calm surface of McGaffey Lake reflects the jagged profile of the distant The Hogback, standing like a dark, serrated blade against the pale blue sky. Water from the higher slopes eventually feeds the flow of Rose Creek, which winds through the rugged terrain two miles away, carving a path through the earth that has remained constant through the changing seasons. The light here is unforgiving and brilliant, stripping the landscape of pretense and leaving only the stark, honest architecture of stone and timber.

History in McGaffey is written in the remnants of timber operations and the quiet persistence of those who sought a living among the tall, straight trunks of the ponderosa pine. The local economy, once tethered to the pulse of the sawmill, has shifted toward the slow preservation of the forest and the seasonal rhythm of those seeking refuge in the cool, elevated reaches of the Cibola National Forest. The character of McGaffey is shaped by this isolation, favoring a deliberate, measured pace that honors the difficulty of life in such an exposed, vertical geography. There is a weight to the silence here, a quality that settles over the clearings and suggests that the land is indifferent to the brief passage of industry. Residents move with the awareness that they are guests in a vast, wild territory, where the wind through the needles serves as the only constant voice in the stillness of the afternoon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.6M acres
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 345° N
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 9.1 mi, 082° E · 65 acres
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 10.5 mi, 337° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 334° NW
Hoodoos (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 337° NW
Church Rock (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 337° NW
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 14.6 mi, 317° NW
Pinedale Hoodoos (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 16.1 mi, 307° NW
Roy T. Herman's Garage (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 084° E
Wind Biker (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 309° NW
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 310° NW
New Mexico State Historic Marker (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 083° E
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 098° E
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 132° SE
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 24.3 mi, 159° S · 1,040 acres
Atsinna Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 159° S
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 273° W
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 222° SW
Arizona Boundary (Viewpoint) — 29.9 mi, 268° W
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 33.9 mi, 145° SE · 263k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 34.7 mi, 142° SE · 109k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 35.5 mi, 141° SE · 98k acres
El Malpais Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 35.7 mi, 144° SE · 21k acres
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 36.7 mi, 302° NW
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 39.2 mi, 149° SE · 40k acres
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 112° E
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 49.1 mi, 135° SE · 62k acres
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 64.2 mi, 252° W · 148k acres

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