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San Rafael New Mexico Map

Explore San Rafael, 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 Rafael, New Mexico

How to Use This San Rafael, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	35.098163
Longitude	-107.904921
Population	1,164
Density	28.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	88439, 87020
Area Code	575, 505
County Seat	Las Vegas
School District	Grants-Cibola County Schools

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About San Rafael, New Mexico

San Rafael is a locality in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,164. The population density is 28.5 people per km². San Rafael is located at 35.0982°N, 107.9049°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 88439, 87020.

San Rafael claims a quiet presence upon the high, arid plains where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated behind the western horizon. It lies 43.7 miles east of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 99°T), and is situated 46.8 miles west-northwest of Tucumcari. Trementina Creek carves a thin, vital ribbon through the dust, offering a slender margin of green where the soil softens against the persistent dryness of the high desert. To the west, the distant jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rises against the sky, a pale violet serration that anchors the vast expanse of the landscape. Five miles away, the rugged inclines of Cañon Encierto break the flatness, and further out, the Sabinoso Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves a wilder, undisturbed character. The light here possesses a particular clarity, a sharp, crystalline quality that reveals the minute textures of stone and scrub, turning the evening shadows into deep, velvet-gray pools that swallow the road.

San Rafael carries the weight of a long, sun-bleached history, where the remnants of earlier generations persist in the adobe foundations that slowly return to the earth. Life in San Rafael is defined by the slow, seasonal turn of the land, with an economy that remains tethered to the rhythm of small-scale stewardship and the sparse, resilient vegetation. While Lake Tank sits seven miles distant, providing a rare gathering point for the local fauna, the primary pulse of the region is felt in the quiet persistence of those who work the ranching lands and navigate the cycles of drought and rain. The air often smells of dry sage and cooling stone, a scent that seems to permeate the very fiber of the local architecture. In the stillness of an afternoon, one can hear the wind moving through the brush, a dry, whispering sound that reminds the observer that San Rafael is a place where human endeavor remains humble before the immense, indifferent scale of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 092° E · 263k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 270° W · 1.6M acres
San Rafael Historical marker (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 049° NE
Mount Taylor Historic Marker (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 026° NE
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 4.0 mi, 077° E · 109k acres
San Jose Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 033° NE
Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 036° NE
The Roarin' 20's Sign (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 039° NE
Cibola County History Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 036° NE
Grants Historic Marker (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 063° NE
El Malpais Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 5.5 mi, 149° SE · 21k acres
Wells Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 052° NE
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.2 mi, 157° SE · 98k acres
Lava Caves (entry forbidden) (Viewpoint) — 10.5 mi, 212° SW
Garret Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 157° SE
Cebolla Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.1 mi, 164° S · 62k acres
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.0 mi, 192° S · 40k acres
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 315° NW
Engine House? (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 286° W
Phillips 66 Gas Station (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 095° E
Acoma Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 127° SE
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 24.2 mi, 262° W · 1,040 acres
Roy T. Herman's Garage (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 319° NW
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 48.1 mi, 307° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 308° NW
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 53.5 mi, 304° NW
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 53.6 mi, 268° W
Wind Biker (Public Artwork) — 55.7 mi, 302° NW
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 55.7 mi, 303° NW
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 61.8 mi, 213° SW · 1.8M acres

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