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Orogrande New Mexico Map

Explore Orogrande, 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 Orogrande, New Mexico

How to Use This Orogrande, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	32.389294
Longitude	-106.108507
Population	35
Density	2.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	88081, 88342
Area Code	575
County Seat	Alamogordo
School District	Alamogordo Public Schools

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About Orogrande, New Mexico

Orogrande is a locality in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 35. The population density is 2.4 people per km². Orogrande is located at 32.3893°N, 106.1085°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 88081, 88342.

Orogrande lies amidst a vast, arid expanse where the sun bleaches the alkali flats to a pale, bone-white intensity. It lies 37.2 miles south of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 191°T), and is situated 33.0 miles south of Holloman AFB. The landscape is defined by the stark, unrelenting geometry of the desert floor, broken only by the occasional scrub brush and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sacramento Mountains rising against the horizon like a jagged promise of cooler air. To the west, the terrain rises toward the rugged, sun-baked folds of Water Canyon, while the quiet reach of McNew South Tank remains a rare, shallow catch-point for the infrequent rains that briefly darken the thirsty earth. Here, the light at dusk possesses a peculiar, liquid quality, turning the dust motes into suspended gold and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch across the open basin with an ancient, patient grace.

Orogrande persists as a weathered remnant of a more feverish era, built upon the echoes of a mining history that once drew hopeful men to seek fortune in the stubborn rock. While the boom days have long since faded, the local economy lingers in a quiet, independent rhythm, far removed from the frantic pace of modern centers. The vast, protected expanse of the Black Grama Area of Critical Environmental Concern serves as a reminder of the delicate, hardy life that clings to this high desert, standing in contrast to the distant, winding path of Pendejo Wash. Life here moves with a deliberate, singular intensity, shaped by a climate that demands resilience and a silence that seems to hold the memory of every traveler who has ever traversed these dusty, sun-drenched plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Orogrande (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 116° SE
Black Grama Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.6 mi, 089° E
Culp Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.6 mi, 045° NE · 11k acres
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 20.5 mi, 043° NE · 1.1M acres
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 22.0 mi, 339° N · 148k acres
Organ Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.7 mi, 265° W · 20k acres
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.7 mi, 265° W
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 23.7 mi, 265° W · 574k acres
Oliver Lee State Park (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 025° NE
Issac House (Historic Ruins) — 26.1 mi, 255° W
George Russell Beasley House Remains (Historic Ruins) — 26.5 mi, 256° W
Nike Missile (Public Artwork) — 26.6 mi, 276° W
La Cueva (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 263° W
Playa (Viewpoint) — 28.8 mi, 348° N
Franklin Mountains State Park (State Park) — 33.3 mi, 216° SW
Alamogordo Founders Park (Monument) — 36.3 mi, 014° N
Harry Francis Acley House Historic Site (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 014° N
The Alamogordo "A" (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 018° N
SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange (Monument) — 37.4 mi, 257° W
NMSU University Art Museum (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 259° W
New Mexico State University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 38.3 mi, 259° W
New Mexico Museum of Space History (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 016° N
M. Phillip's Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 39.5 mi, 262° W
Rio Grande Theatre (Theatre) — 39.5 mi, 262° W
Pat Garrett's Grave (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 261° W
Fountain Theatre (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 259° W
3rd Calvary Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 204° SW
Robledo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.2 mi, 270° W · 18k acres
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (National Monument) — 44.5 mi, 270° W · 5,262 acres
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 70.6 mi, 116° SE · 87k acres

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