Santa Rosa New Mexico Map
Explore Santa Rosa, 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 Rosa, New Mexico
How to Use This Santa Rosa, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Santa Rosa, 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 Rosa.
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 Rosa |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Guadalupe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 34.93867 |
| Longitude | -104.682489 |
| Population | 2,850 |
| Density | 220.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 88435 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| County Seat | Santa Rosa |
| School District | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools |
About Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Santa Rosa is a locality in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,850. The population density is 220.1 people per km². Santa Rosa is located at 34.9387°N, 104.6825°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Santa Rosa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 88435.Santa Rosa emerges from the high plains as a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the Pecos River carves a deliberate path through the limestone bedrock. It lies 54.6 miles southeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 146°T), and is situated 56.5 miles west-southwest of Tucumcari. The arid air here carries a crystalline quality that intensifies the color of the sky, casting long, sharp shadows that stretch across the earth toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Park Lake serves as a quiet, subterranean-fed anchor for the landscape, its cool, clear water offering a profound contrast to the surrounding desert scrub and the rugged, sun-baked walls of nearby Rattlesnake Canyon.
History lingers in Santa Rosa through the enduring influence of early Hispanic settlement and the mid-century vitality of the roadside culture that once defined the great western migrations. The local economy maintains a steady, modest pulse, balancing the needs of travelers passing through the desert with the agricultural rhythms of the valley. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the river, marked by the sharp, earthy scent of green chile roasting in the autumn heat and the quiet persistence of those who call these plains home. There is a specific stillness in the afternoons, a heavy, golden light that settles over the low-slung buildings and reminds one that the land, while unforgiving, possesses a quiet, singular gravity.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.0 mi, 103° E
- Jesus M Casaus House Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.0 mi, 103° E
- Park Lake (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 059° NE
- Pecos Theatre (Cinema) — 0.3 mi, 303° NW
- Joseph's Restaurant (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 357° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 236° SW
- Santa Rosa Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 014° N
- Santa Rosa Lake State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 002° N
- Grzelachowski House Historic Site (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 159° S
- Vásquez De Coronado’s Route (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 159° S
- Sumner Lake State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 144° SE
- Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 30.3 mi, 330° NW
- Star Axis (Public Artwork) — 32.1 mi, 315° NW
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 35.9 mi, 311° NW · 1.5M acres
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker (Monument) — 39.8 mi, 141° SE
- Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 43.3 mi, 301° NW
- Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.9 mi, 011° N · 22k acres
- Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.1 mi, 326° NW · 17k acres
- Serf Theater (Theatre) — 54.4 mi, 327° NW
- Rough Riders Museum (Museum) — 54.5 mi, 327° NW
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About This Santa Rosa Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.93867, -104.682489. 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 Rosa includes the ZIP code (88435), telephone area code (575), county seat of Guadalupe County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Santa Rosa Consolidated 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. |
