Explore Pojoaque, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pojoaque, 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 Pojoaque.
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 | Pojoaque |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Santa Fe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.896198 |
| Longitude | -106.010472 |
| Population | 2,071 |
| Density | 183.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87506 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Santa Fe |
| School District | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools |
Pojoaque stretches across a high, sun-bleached expanse where the dry air hums with the scent of sagebrush and parched earth. It lies 7.5 miles south-southeast of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 155°T), and is situated 4.7 miles southeast of La Mesilla. Pojoaque Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the dust, providing a thin ribbon of hydration that sustains the sparse vegetation before the land rises toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the horizon. The light here possesses a singular, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the adobe walls and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch across the ground as the afternoon wanes. Residents often find themselves pausing at the Pojoaque Tennis Court, a quiet space where the mechanical thrum of daily transit fades into the vast, open stillness of the high desert.
History in Pojoaque persists through layers of cultural heritage, where the traditions of the Pueblo people and later settlers inform the quiet economy of the Espanola Valley. Commerce here moves at a deliberate pace, anchored by small businesses and the seasonal rhythm of the chile harvest, which paints the exterior of traditional homes in vibrant, drying red. While the rugged Sierra Mosca Trail beckons those seeking to traverse the higher elevations toward the cooler, forested reaches of the Espanola Ranger District, the local life remains tethered to the valley floor. Travelers heading toward the cooling spray of Nambe Falls or the still waters of Nambe Reservoir find that Pojoaque serves as a persistent, grounded waypoint, defined by the enduring weight of its landscape and the resilience of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pojoaque, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.896198, -106.010472. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Pojoaque includes the ZIP code (87506), telephone area code (505), county seat of Santa Fe County (Santa Fe), and school district assignment (Pojoaque Valley Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |