Santa Fe Foothills New Mexico Map
Explore Santa Fe Foothills, 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 Santa Fe Foothills, New Mexico
How to Use This Santa Fe Foothills, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Santa Fe Foothills, 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 Santa Fe Foothills.
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 | Santa Fe Foothills |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Santa Fe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.6279 |
| Longitude | -105.898 |
| Population | 1,074 |
| Density | 50.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87505 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Santa Fe |
| School District | Santa Fe Public Schools |
About Santa Fe Foothills, New Mexico
Santa Fe Foothills is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,074. The population density is 50.1 people per km². Santa Fe Foothills is located at 35.6279°N, 105.8980°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87505.Santa Fe Foothills rises from the arid high desert floor, where the earth assumes the color of roasted clay and the air thins into a crisp, crystalline clarity that sharpens the edges of every piñon and juniper. It lies 4.7 miles south-southeast of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 151°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northeast of Eldorado at Santa Fe. Beyond the immediate scrub, the jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains defines the eastern horizon, their peaks often catching the first bruised violet light of dawn long before the lower slopes awaken. To the west, the landscape drops into the quiet depressions of Cañada Corral, while the nearby Santa Fe National Forest provides a dense, emerald anchor to the north, its scent of resin and pine cooling the afternoon heat. Here, the ground is a patchwork of pale grasses and exposed stone, shaped by the slow, persistent work of erosion that gives the terrain a rugged, unvarnished honesty.
History within Santa Fe Foothills persists in the heavy, sun-baked walls of adobe that seem to draw their warmth from the very soil upon which they stand, reflecting a heritage where Pueblo, Hispano, and Anglo influences converge. The local economy finds its pulse in the quiet commerce of artisans and the seasonal rhythm of the chile harvest, a cycle that dictates the color of drying ristras hung against doorways as autumn approaches. Residents traverse the Saint Johns Trail to access the wilder reaches of the high desert, often crossing the shallow, winding path of Cienega Creek, which remains a vital, if modest, artery for the local flora. Life in Santa Fe Foothills moves with a deliberate, measured pace, guided by the immense, shifting light that has long invited those who seek to capture the fleeting, golden geometry of the high desert sun.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.2 mi, 037° NE · 1.5M acres
- Arroyo Hondo Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 250° W
- Arroyo Hondo (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 250° W
- Calle Alvarado Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 307° NW
- Seton Castle Historic Site (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 224° SW
- Clark Exploration Place (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 328° NW
- Berlin Gathering Place Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 327° NW
- López Horno Plaza (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 327° NW
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 327° NW
- Atalaya Park (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 346° N
- Journey's End (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 331° NW
- Cactus Rescue Project (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 292° W
- Santa Fe River Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 010° N
- Water History Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 345° N
- Convergence Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 342° N
- Turner Carroll Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 338° N
- Armory for the Arts (Theatre) — 3.8 mi, 325° NW
- New Mexico Military Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 325° NW
- Ronnie Layden Fine Art (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 339° N
- Center for Contemporary Arts (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 325° NW
- Two Mile Dam and Reservoir (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 002° N
- Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 014° N
- Ironstone Gardens (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 302° NW
- Argos Studio/Gallery (Arts Centre) — 4.4 mi, 318° NW
- 200th Coast Artillery Marker and Eternal Flame (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 328° NW
- Bruns Hospital Area Other (National Forest) — 4.9 mi, 292° W · 7 acres
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.2 mi, 039° NE · 222k acres
- Hyde Memorial State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 025° NE
- Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.1 mi, 058° NE · 6,823 acres
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.8 mi, 294° NW · 25k acres
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About This Santa Fe Foothills Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Fe Foothills, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.6279, -105.898. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Santa Fe Foothills includes the ZIP code (87505), telephone area code (505), county seat of Santa Fe County (Santa Fe), and school district assignment (Santa Fe Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
