Puerto de Luna New Mexico Map
Explore Puerto de Luna, 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 Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
How to Use This Puerto de Luna, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Puerto de Luna, 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 Puerto de Luna.
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 | Puerto de Luna |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Guadalupe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 34.832005 |
| Longitude | -104.621377 |
| Population | 155 |
| Density | 4.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 88435 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| County Seat | Santa Rosa |
| School District | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools |
About Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
Puerto de Luna is a locality in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 155. The population density is 4.2 people per km². Puerto de Luna is located at 34.8320°N, 104.6214°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88435.Puerto de Luna anchors itself firmly along the banks of the Pecos River, where the water carves a verdant, narrow ribbon through the arid high desert plains. It lies 62.7 miles south-southeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 147°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southeast of Santa Rosa. This landscape is defined by the sharp contrast between the river’s lush, cottonwood-lined corridor and the sun-bleached, undulating terrain that stretches toward the horizon. On the clearest days, the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains emerge as a faint, jagged silhouette against the expanse of the sky. The air here holds a particular, dry clarity, and as dusk approaches, the light softens into a bruised purple, casting long, deliberate shadows that seem to slow the very movement of the wind across the scrubland.
History lingers in the adobe architecture of Puerto de Luna, reflecting a past where this crossing served as a vital point for travelers navigating the rugged interior of the territory. The local economy has long leaned upon the rhythms of agriculture and the stewardship of the land, with small-scale grazing and irrigation practices maintaining a connection to the traditions of earlier generations. While the silence of the plains dominates the everyday experience, the proximity to Cañon de Hughes and the more secluded reaches of Unknown Park offers a rugged topography that remains largely undisturbed by modern haste. Life here follows the quiet, seasonal demands of the earth, punctuated by the shifting colors of the landscape and the steady, persistent flow of the Pecos River as it sustains the life of the valley.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 171° S
- Grzelachowski House Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 227° SW
- Vásquez De Coronado’s Route (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 228° SW
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 332° NW
- Park Lake (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 337° NW
- Jesus M Casaus House Historic Site (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 335° NW
- Joseph's Restaurant (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 336° NW
- Santa Rosa Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 356° N
- Santa Rosa Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 348° N
- Sumner Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 140° SE
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 138° SE
- Cowboy and dog next to fence at Billy the Kid F.O.E. (Public Artwork) — 32.5 mi, 139° SE
- Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.4 mi, 331° NW
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 43.5 mi, 316° NW · 1.5M acres
- Explosion Rocks Tolar (Monument) — 45.6 mi, 125° SE
- Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.8 mi, 005° N · 22k acres
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 55.1 mi, 065° NE
- Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.1 mi, 327° NW · 17k acres
- Serf Theater (Theatre) — 62.5 mi, 328° NW
- Rough Riders Museum (Museum) — 62.6 mi, 328° NW
- Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum (Museum) — 62.6 mi, 328° NW
- Kiva Theater (Cinema) — 62.7 mi, 327° NW
- Indigo Theatre (Cinema) — 62.7 mi, 327° NW
- Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 66.3 mi, 237° SW · 1.6M acres
- Caprock View (Viewpoint) — 72.4 mi, 081° E
- Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.4 mi, 342° N · 8,460 acres
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 75.7 mi, 325° NW · 222k acres
- Spanish Church at Pecos Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 78.1 mi, 310° NW
- Pecos Pueblo South (Historic Ruins) — 78.2 mi, 310° NW
- Kiowa National Grassland (National Grassland) — 78.5 mi, 011° N · 137k acres
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About This Puerto de Luna Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Puerto de Luna, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.832005, -104.621377. 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 Puerto de Luna includes the ZIP code (88435), telephone area code (575), county seat of Guadalupe County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Santa Rosa Consolidated 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. |
