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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	Doña Ana 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	Las Cruces
School District	Hatch Valley Municipal Schools

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About Rincon, New Mexico

Rincon is a locality in Doña Ana 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 exists where the dry, persistent heat of the high desert meets the shifting sands of the basin, defined primarily by the Rincon Arroyo that carves a jagged path through the parched earth. It lies 30.0 miles north-northwest of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 326°T), and is situated 33.3 miles south-southeast of Truth or Consequences. The horizon is anchored by the distant, craggy silhouettes of the Tonuco Mountains, which catch the violet hues of twilight long after the valley floor has surrendered to shadow. Five miles to the west, the arid silence is occasionally broken by the muted rustle of brush near the modest basin of Lake Tank, a quiet catchment that mirrors the vast, cloudless sky. The land here possesses a stark, sculptural quality, where the light at midday bleaches the color from the scrubland, leaving only the sharp contrast of limestone and dust.

Rincon preserves the quiet, enduring legacy of a railroad-era settlement, a site where the rhythm of the modern world feels secondary to the slow accumulation of desert time. The Rincon Townsite serves as a focal point for this history, marking a place where the economy was once tethered to the movement of steel and steam across the plains. Today, the local character remains defined by the proximity of Rodey Canyon, a reminder of the rugged, untamed geology that surrounds the inhabitants. Life in Rincon moves with a deliberate, quiet patience, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the thin, crisp air that carries the scent of dry sage across the open expanse.

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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