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Rincon New Mexico Map

Explore Rincon, 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 Rincon, New Mexico

How to Use This Rincon, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	32.672534
Longitude	-107.075831
Population	273
Density	99.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	87059, 87940
Area Code	505, 575
County Seat	Albuquerque
School District	Hatch Valley Municipal Schools

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About Rincon, New Mexico

Rincon is a locality in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 99.9 people per km². Rincon is located at 32.6725°N, 107.0758°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87059, 87940.

Rincon holds its place amidst the high desert expanse, where the earth is defined by the stark, sun-bleached clarity of the New Mexico landscape. It lies 15.4 miles east-southeast of North Valley, NM (from North Valley, NM: bearing 106°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east-southeast of Sandia Heights. The terrain shifts from open, scrub-dotted plains to the rugged, eroded walls of Gutierrez Canyon, a LREC that marks the earth only a mile away. To the east, the Sandia Mountains rise like a serrated silhouette against the horizon, their peaks catching the amber light of late afternoon in a way that turns the gray rock into polished copper. Arroyo San Antonio cuts a winding, seasonal path through the dust nearby, its dry bed reflecting the quiet solitude of a region where the wind carries the scent of sage and ancient stone.

Rincon carries the weight of a past linked to the iron rails that once transformed the desert into a corridor of commerce. While the roar of steam has long since faded, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land and the quiet endurance of those who work the soil. Travelers seeking a different sort of pilgrimage might look toward the Sandia Ranger District, three miles distant, or consider the hike along the Faulty Trail, where the elevation offers a perspective on the vast, arid basin. Life in Rincon moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the rush of the modern world, existing instead in the long shadows cast by the sun as it retreats behind the mountains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.6 mi, 000° N
Mormon Battalion Historical Marker (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 087° E
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 2.4 mi, 197° S · 574k acres
Hatch Historical Marker (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 264° W
Teako's Giants of Hatch (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 264° W
Las Uvas (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 214° SW
Sierra de las Uvas Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 7.2 mi, 230° SW · 13k acres
Broad Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.1 mi, 191° S · 16k acres
Jornada Experimental Range (Recreation Easement) — 11.9 mi, 090° E
Leasburg Dam State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 145° SE
Robledo Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 16.5 mi, 149° SE
Lucero Wash petroglyphs (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 134° SE
Caballo Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 319° NW
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (National Monument) — 21.0 mi, 156° SE · 5,262 acres
Megafauna Rub Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 128° SE
Paleozoic Trackways Site (Historic Ruins) — 23.1 mi, 151° SE
Caballo Mountains Historic Marker (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 325° NW
Sandia Gulch End (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 152° SE
Sandia Gulch Begin (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 152° SE
Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 29.6 mi, 156° SE
M. Phillip's Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 145° SE
Rio Grande Theatre (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 145° SE
Fountain Theatre (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 149° SE
New Mexico State University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 32.8 mi, 145° SE
NMSU University Art Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 145° SE
Hamilton Military Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 341° N
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 33.1 mi, 283° W · 2.7M acres
Geronimo Springs Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 342° N
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 35.5 mi, 077° E · 148k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 53.8 mi, 348° N · 1.6M acres

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