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San Acacia New Mexico Map

Explore San Acacia, 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 San Acacia, New Mexico

How to Use This San Acacia, New Mexico Map

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

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	San Acacia
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Socorro County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	34.255345
Longitude	-106.899473
Population	38
Density	21.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87831
Area Code	575
County Seat	Socorro
School District	Socorro Consolidated Schools

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About San Acacia, New Mexico

San Acacia is a locality in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 38. The population density is 21.0 people per km². San Acacia is located at 34.2553°N, 106.8995°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87831.

San Acacia remains a quiet witness to the relentless, southward pull of the Rio Grande as it carves a path through the arid high desert. It lies 39.2 miles south-southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 194°T), and is situated 13.6 miles north of Socorro. This landscape is defined by the stark, sun-bleached expanse of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses the surrounding terrain and provides a sanctuary for the hardy flora and fauna of the scrubland. To the west, the Cerritos de las Minas rise in jagged, earthen silhouettes against the horizon, their slopes reflecting the shifting copper and violet hues of the waning sun. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, and the earth is composed of fine, silt-heavy soils that shift slightly under the weight of the wind, settling into the vast, open spaces that characterize the basin.

San Acacia exists as a small, contemplative anchor within the larger irrigation and water-management systems of the region, marked notably by the nearby San Lorenzo Settling Basin. The local economy has long been tethered to the management of these water resources and the demands of the agricultural cycles that define the valley floor. History is felt here not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, weathered architecture that reflects a fusion of cultural traditions, standing resilient against the intense heat and the seasonal fluctuations of the river. Life in San Acacia moves in accordance with the light and the slow, deliberate pace of the desert, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of progress or the sudden movement of wildlife moving toward the moisture of Hidden Tank.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 116° SE · 456k acres
Tribute to Randall G. Sanders (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 008° N
La Joya Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 038° NE
Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.8 mi, 242° SW
Veranito Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 4.8 mi, 166° S · 7,292 acres
San Lorenzo Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 261° W
Bernalillo Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 022° N
Sierra Ladrones Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.3 mi, 298° NW · 48k acres
EMRTC Rattlesnake (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 185° S
Alice Kase Memorial Bench (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 183° S
Robert M. Lockhart Plaque (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 183° S
Jumbo Fragment (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 179° S
Magdalena Fault Historical Marker (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 221° SW
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 17.0 mi, 226° SW · 1.6M acres
Dobson House Historic Site (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 244° SW
Dust Bowl Home Historic Site (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 017° N
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 180° S · 114k acres
Chupadera Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.6 mi, 181° S · 5,442 acres
San Pasqual Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.9 mi, 171° S · 20k acres
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 015° N
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (National Monument) — 32.1 mi, 067° NE · 980 acres
Reoccupation Plazuela (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 066° NE
Abo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 066° NE
Quarai Museum (Museum) — 41.6 mi, 055° NE
Gypsy Raven Studios (Arts Centre) — 41.8 mi, 064° NE
Manzano Mountain Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 41.8 mi, 064° NE
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 57.2 mi, 016° N
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 57.8 mi, 014° N
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 57.8 mi, 013° N
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 61.3 mi, 231° SW · 2.7M acres

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