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Meadow Lake New Mexico Map

Explore Meadow Lake, 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 Meadow Lake, New Mexico

How to Use This Meadow Lake, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.803137
Longitude	-106.570358
Population	4,573
Density	153.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87031
Area Code	505
County Seat	Los Lunas
School District	Los Lunas Public Schools

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About Meadow Lake, New Mexico

Meadow Lake is a locality in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,573. The population density is 153.0 people per km². Meadow Lake is located at 34.8031°N, 106.5704°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87031.

Meadow Lake occupies a sun-bleached expanse where the high desert floor stretches toward the horizon in shades of ochre and pale sage. It lies 10.8 miles east of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 92°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-northeast of El Cerro Mission.

The earth here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic depressions of Comanche Draw, which catch the fleeting shadows of clouds as they drift over the arid basin. To the west, the jagged silhouette of Comanche Ridge rises against the bruised purple of the twilight sky, anchoring a landscape where the air remains thin and crisp, carrying the scent of parched earth and distant scrub. While water is a scarce and precious commodity in this environment, the seasonal flow of Hells Canyon Wash carves a faint, winding scar through the brush, and the quiet surface of El Norte Tank offers a rare, reflective stillness to the local wildlife. Five miles away, the rugged boundaries of the Manzano Wilderness Study Area provide a sanctuary of silence, preserving a wilderness that feels entirely indifferent to the passing of human time.

Meadow Lake maintains a modest pace of existence, its history tied to the resilience of those who learned to thrive within the constraints of a dry, demanding climate. The local economy persists through a quiet adherence to traditional land use, where the rhythms of the day are governed more by the slant of the sun and the needs of the soil than by the frantic pace of the outside world. Travelers who venture near the Ojito Trail often find themselves struck by the profound clarity of the light, which renders every creosote bush and limestone outcropping with an almost unsettling sharpness. This is a place where the cultural echoes of the region—the layered influence of generations who have navigated these plains—remain visible in the architecture of simple, sturdy dwellings that seem to grow directly from the dust. Life in Meadow Lake unfolds with a deliberate gravity, defined by a deep, unspoken respect for a terrain that demands patience and offers little in the way of ornament, save for the brilliant, unpolluted sweep of the stars at night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Manzano Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.0 mi, 093° E · 896 acres
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.5 mi, 098° E · 37k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 6.7 mi, 121° SE · 1.6M acres
War Cannon (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 271° W
Site of historic Isleta Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 319° NW
Bosque (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 328° NW
El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve (Local Recreation) — 11.9 mi, 269° W
Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 335° NW · 1,142 acres
Dr. E. A. "Swede" Scholer Regional Recreation Complex (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 346° N
Giant Stone Rattlesnake (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 348° N
Hubbell House Historic Site (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 331° NW
Pajarito (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 331° NW
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 229° SW
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 102° E
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 351° N
DTRA Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 004° N
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 351° N
Manzano Mountains State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 140° SE
B-58 fuel pod (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 006° N
Atomic Cannon (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 006° N
Honest John Launcher (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 006° N
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 006° N
Highland HS Performing arts Center (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 357° N
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 345° N
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 344° N
Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop (Gallery) — 19.1 mi, 355° N
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.4 mi, 016° N · 38k acres
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (National Monument) — 21.0 mi, 133° SE · 980 acres
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 23.1 mi, 333° NW · 2,949 acres
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.4 mi, 177° S · 456k acres

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