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Mountainair New Mexico Map

Explore Mountainair, 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 Mountainair, New Mexico

How to Use This Mountainair, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.520341
Longitude	-106.241127
Population	884
Density	215.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	87036
Area Code	505
County Seat	Estancia
School District	Mountainair Public Schools

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About Mountainair, New Mexico

Mountainair is a locality in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 884. The population density is 215.9 people per km². Mountainair is located at 34.5203°N, 106.2411°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Mountainair is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 87036.

Mountainair commands a high-altitude plateau where the thin, crystalline air sharpens the edges of every juniper branch and limestone outcropping. It lies 34.2 miles southeast of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 125°T), and is situated 32.0 miles east-southeast of Belen. This landscape remains dominated by a vast, arid openness that stretches toward the distant horizon, broken only by the rugged verticality of Eisenhart Hill four miles away. To the west, the land dips into the shadowed folds of Goat Canyon, while the nearby reach of Cibola National Forest provides a dark, verdant contrast to the sun-bleached grasses of the plains. A mile away, the intermittent flow of Abo Arroyo carves a quiet path through the earth, a persistent reminder of the water that once sustained the ancient cultures of this high desert. The quality of light here is heavy and golden, turning the late afternoon into a slow-moving amber tide that clings to the adobe walls and weathered wood of the buildings.

Mountainair exists as a deliberate intersection of eras, where the remnants of a once-thriving pinto bean industry still linger in the architecture of its quiet, grid-like streets. The local economy, having shifted away from the intensive harvests of the early twentieth century, now finds its pulse in the slow commerce of art and the preservation of historical legacies that define the region. Residents move with a measured pace, acknowledging the deep layers of Pueblo, Hispano, and Anglo heritage that inform the character of the place. Fifteen miles away, the surface of Salina Lake catches the sky, mirroring the shifting clouds that drift over the vast, inland expanse. Life here is defined by the resilience of those who favor the solitude of the high plains, finding a particular beauty in the way the wind moves across the scrubland, undisturbed and absolute.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gypsy Raven Studios (Arts Centre) — 0.0 mi, 327° NW
Manzano Mountain Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 0.0 mi, 068° E
Stephen A. Sandlin Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 294° NW
New Mexico Zia (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 258° W
Mountainair Historic Marker (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 236° SW
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 272° W · 1.6M acres
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (National Monument) — 5.7 mi, 329° NW · 980 acres
South Mound (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 329° NW
Torreon (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 329° NW
Quarai Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 328° NW
Manzano Mountains State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 312° NW
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 234° SW
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.4 mi, 291° W · 37k acres
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 244° SW · 456k acres
Berkshire Hotel Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 033° NE
Manzano Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.3 mi, 323° NW · 896 acres
Stallion Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.3 mi, 221° SW · 24k acres
Dust Bowl Home Historic Site (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 275° W
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 288° W
Moriarty Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 018° N
Wildlife West Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 38.2 mi, 003° N
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.3 mi, 345° N · 38k acres
Museum of the American Military Family (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 348° N
DTRA Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 335° NW
V-750 Dvina (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 336° NW
MIM-14 Nike Hercules (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 336° NW
Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 42.9 mi, 266° W
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 49.7 mi, 326° NW · 2,949 acres
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 49.8 mi, 142° SE · 1.1M acres
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.7 mi, 213° SW · 114k acres

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