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Pajarito Mesa New Mexico Map

Explore Pajarito Mesa, 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 Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico

How to Use This Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico Map

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

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	Pajarito Mesa
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Bernalillo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	34.979634
Longitude	-106.780501
Population	260
Density	4.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87121
Area Code	505
County Seat	Albuquerque
School District	Albuquerque Public Schools

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About Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico

Pajarito Mesa is a locality in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 4.7 people per km². Pajarito Mesa is located at 34.9796°N, 106.7805°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87121.

Pajarito Mesa rises from the high desert floor as a jagged expanse of volcanic rock and sun-bleached scrub, defined by the stark, unforgiving geometry of the arid plateau. It lies 5.4 miles west-southwest of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 258°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southwest of Albuquerque. The earth here is a palette of iron-red dust and pale gray shale, where the thin air sharpens the horizon and pulls the distant Sandia Mountains into a crisp, violet focus. During the long, golden hours of dusk, the light stretches across the terrain, casting long shadows that emphasize the severe contours of the land. Five miles to the east, the Rio Grande carves its slow, deliberate path through the landscape, acting as a vital, verdant thread that contrasts with the thirsty, unyielding surface of the mesa.

Pajarito Mesa exists as a quiet frontier on the edge of the urban sprawl, a place where the economy is marked by self-reliance and the steady, solitary labor of those who favor the solitude of the high plains. History here is written in the layering of cultures that have long navigated the dry, open expanses, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the scattered, modest dwellings dotting the landscape. Residents looking for a reprieve from the heat often find their way to the Isleta Lakes or wander the paths of the Dennis Chavez Trail, where the dry wind carries the scent of sagebrush and parched earth. Life on Pajarito Mesa moves to a rhythm set by the seasons and the relentless clarity of the New Mexico sky, far removed from the clamor of the more populated valleys below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dennis Chavez Trail (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 027° NE
Pajarito/Beck (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 080° E
Los Padillas Elementary School Game Field (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 109° E
Hubbell Oxbow (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 051° NE
Gutierrez-Hubbell House (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 082° E
Hubbell House Historic Site (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 084° E
Pajarito (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 084° E
Bosque (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 092° E
Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.4 mi, 094° E · 1,142 acres
Jesus Christ (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 055° NE
Site of historic Isleta Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 7.6 mi, 132° SE
Dr. E. A. "Swede" Scholer Regional Recreation Complex (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 084° E
Petroglyph National Monument (National Monument) — 8.5 mi, 007° N · 2,949 acres
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 9.1 mi, 047° NE
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 049° NE
Nature Theater (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 044° NE
The Wheels Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 048° NE
OT Hall (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 044° NE
New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 044° NE
American International Rattlesnake Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 038° NE
516 Arts (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 045° NE
Levy Gallery (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 045° NE
The Franciscan Hotel (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 045° NE
Kimo Theater Historic Site (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 045° NE
Rosenwald Building Historic Site (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 045° NE
Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 045° NE
Telephone Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 045° NE
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 18.2 mi, 069° E · 1.6M acres
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.4 mi, 070° E · 38k acres
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.5 mi, 125° SE · 37k acres

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