Roswell New Mexico Map
Roswell, New Mexico — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Roswell, Chaves County.
Interactive Map of Roswell, New Mexico
| City | Roswell |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Chaves |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 33.394266 |
| Longitude | -104.523024 |
| Population | 47,638 |
| Density | 621.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell is a locality in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of 47,638. The population density is 621.4 people per km². Roswell is located at 33.3943°N, 104.5230°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88203.
Roswell unfolds across a wide, arid basin, the Chihuahuan Desert’s ochre dust clinging to everything with a gentle persistence. It lies 69.4 miles north-north-west of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 346°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-north-west of Midway. The sky here is a vast, almost aggressive blue, a canvas that deepens to a bruised violet as the sun descends, casting long, attenuated shadows from the low-slung buildings and the sparse, resilient mesquite. The Pecos River, a ribbon of surprising life in this thirsty land, meanders nearby, its banks a stark contrast to the surrounding scrub, a place where cottonwoods offer a whisper of shade and a fleeting green. The air itself feels ancient and dry, carrying the scent of sagebrush and a faint, metallic tang from the earth, a palpable presence that settles on the skin like fine grit. The history of Roswell is a curious blend of frontier tenacity and the uncanny, a legacy that has firmly planted it on the global map. Its founding was tied to the fertile lands along the Pecos, attracting ranchers and farmers who wrestled a living from the unforgiving terrain, their efforts now memorialized in the vast alfalfa fields that shimmer like emeralds under the relentless sun. But it is the more recent, otherworldly narratives that have truly etched Roswell into the public consciousness, drawing curious souls from every corner of the globe. This persistent fascination fuels a distinctive local economy, one that thrives on the outré, with museums and shops dedicated to the unexplained, a testament to how the extraordinary can bloom even in the most ordinary of landscapes.
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About This Roswell Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Roswell, New Mexico with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Roswell and Chaves County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Roswell is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Roswell is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
