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Rio Lucio New Mexico Map

Explore Rio Lucio, 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 Rio Lucio, New Mexico

How to Use This Rio Lucio, New Mexico Map

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

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	Rio Lucio
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Taos County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.19558
Longitude	-105.725571
Population	303
Density	111.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87553
Area Code	505
County Seat	Taos
School District	Peñasco Independent Schools

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About Rio Lucio, New Mexico

Rio Lucio is a locality in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 303. The population density is 111.2 people per km². Rio Lucio is located at 36.1956°N, 105.7256°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87553.

Rio Lucio anchors itself against the rugged, arid terrain of northern New Mexico where the Rio Santa Barbara cuts a cool, rhythmic path through the dry earth. It lies 24.3 miles northeast of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 54°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-southwest of Taos. The landscape rises in slow, deliberate tiers toward the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which loom on the horizon like jagged, violet-hued teeth biting into the pale sky. To the west, the land yields to the craggy geological interest of the Copper Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern, while the immediate surroundings are defined by the narrow, fertile reach of Picuris Canyon. The air here holds a distinct, sharp clarity, especially as the sun begins to retreat, casting long, bruised shadows that emphasize the texture of the soil and the stubborn, silver-green sagebrush clinging to the hillsides.

Rio Lucio remains a place where the legacy of subsistence farming and deep-rooted land stewardship informs the quiet pace of daily life. Historically, families have drawn their survival from the irrigation ditches fed by the Rio Santa Barbara, a tradition that persists even as the local economy shifts to accommodate modern demands and the occasional traveler following the ancient route of El Camino Real. While the dense growth of the Camino Real Ranger District provides a distant, dark green backdrop to the north, the focus of the locality stays tethered to the seasonal harvest and the maintenance of small, ancestral plots. Beyond the reach of the immediate valley, the landscape is stark and vast, occasionally punctuated by the distant, hidden waters of Fuente Trick Tank, serving as a reminder of the water’s scarcity in a region defined by its intense, unforgiving desert light.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Picuris Pueblo Museum Center (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 067° NE
Copper Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.7 mi, 271° W
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 2.3 mi, 180° S · 1.4M acres
Lauriano Cordova Memorial Musuem (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 096° E
Laureano Cordova Mill Historic Site (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 096° E
Lower Gorge Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.3 mi, 322° NW
Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.9 mi, 320° NW · 19k acres
Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 324° NW
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 6.8 mi, 336° NW · 311k acres
U S Hill (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 082° E
Petaca Point (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 342° N
Embudo Valley Ceramic Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 271° W
Fort Burgwin (Historic Castle / Fort) — 9.9 mi, 056° NE
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.7 mi, 150° SE · 222k acres
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 12.5 mi, 180° S · 1.5M acres
Harwood (Gallery) — 12.6 mi, 029° NE
Classical Gas Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 274° W
Public Water Reserve No. 65, S.O. Water Reserve Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 336° NW · 119 acres
Fun Studio (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 031° NE
Castillo Gallery (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 210° SW
Storyteller 7 Mitchell Theaters (Cinema) — 15.2 mi, 031° NE
Martínez Hacienda (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 025° NE
Taos Plaza (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 030° NE
Veteran's Memorial 1985 (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 030° NE
Kit Carson Historic Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 030° NE
Bent House Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 030° NE
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.7 mi, 150° SE · 6,823 acres
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.6 mi, 021° N · 45k acres
Coyote Creek State Park (State Park) — 27.1 mi, 106° E
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 34.8 mi, 229° SW · 34k acres

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