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Moquino New Mexico Map

Explore Moquino, 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 Moquino, New Mexico

How to Use This Moquino, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	35.17254
Longitude	-107.368936
Population	31
Density	17.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87014
Area Code	505
County Seat	Grants
School District	Grants-Cibola County Schools

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About Moquino, New Mexico

Moquino is a locality in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 17.1 people per km². Moquino is located at 35.1725°N, 107.3689°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87014.

Moquino occupies a stark, sun-bleached stretch of high desert where the Rio Moquino carves a thin, vital ribbon through the arid earth. It lies 40.0 miles west of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 264°T), and is situated 27.3 miles east of Grants. The landscape is dominated by the persistent presence of Cerro de la Celosa, which looms a single mile away, its rocky silhouette sharpening against the relentless clarity of the New Mexico sky. To the west, the topography drops into the deep, shadow-filled reach of Bibo Canyon, while the horizon remains vast and scrub-dotted, marked by the slow migration of light that turns the dry grasses into shades of copper and pale straw as the afternoon wanes.

Moquino maintains a quiet endurance, reflecting a history built upon the labor of generations who worked this rugged soil in the shadow of the nearby Water Canyon Wildlife Area. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the rhythms of a sparse, high-altitude climate, far removed from the bustle of the distant urban centers. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the seasonal tasks of agriculture and the maintenance of ancestral homesteads that have weathered decades of wind and drought. Though Laguna Grande lies fifteen miles away, the daily experience of the residents is centered on the immediate, dusty reality of the plateau and the essential, life-giving flow of the Rio Moquino that sustains the quietude of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Water Canyon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 269° W
Marquez Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 006° N
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 278° W · 1.6M acres
Phillips 66 Gas Station (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 231° SW
Breaking Bad First Cook Site (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 110° E
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 214° SW
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 23.5 mi, 255° W · 263k acres
Needalocker Hill/Bart's Rock (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 081° E
(little) Snoopy Rock (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 081° E
Ignacio Chavez Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.4 mi, 359° N · 32k acres
Mesa Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.0 mi, 080° E
Tower Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 026° NE
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 25.8 mi, 262° W · 109k acres
Grants Historic Marker (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 264° W
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 267° W
Guadalupe ruins (Historic Ruins) — 27.5 mi, 030° NE
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 27.8 mi, 245° SW · 98k acres
Mount Taylor Historic Marker (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 267° W
San Rafael Historical marker (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 263° W
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 32.1 mi, 227° SW · 62k acres
Ojito Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 32.4 mi, 048° NE · 12k acres
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 33.4 mi, 095° E · 2,949 acres
Rio Rancho Premiere (Cinema) — 38.1 mi, 083° E
Stage 2 (Theatre) — 38.1 mi, 094° E
Stage 1 (Theatre) — 38.1 mi, 094° E
American Flag Roof (Public Artwork) — 38.4 mi, 099° E
Penfield Gallery (Gallery) — 39.8 mi, 097° E
Bear Paw Indian Arts and Gallery (Gallery) — 39.9 mi, 097° E
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 44.1 mi, 041° NE · 1.5M acres
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.2 mi, 163° S · 456k acres

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