Sombrillo New Mexico Map
Explore Sombrillo, 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 Sombrillo, New Mexico
How to Use This Sombrillo, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sombrillo, 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 Sombrillo.
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 | Sombrillo |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Santa Fe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 35.980024 |
| Longitude | -106.040023 |
| Population | 347 |
| Density | 141.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 87532 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| County Seat | Santa Fe |
| School District | Española Municipal Schools |
About Sombrillo, New Mexico
Sombrillo is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 141.5 people per km². Sombrillo is located at 35.9800°N, 106.0400°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87532.Sombrillo occupies a high-desert expanse where the arid earth meets the cooling influence of the Santa Cruz River. It lies 2.4 miles east-southeast of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 109°T), and is situated 2.8 miles northeast of La Mesilla. The landscape consists of sun-bleached mesas and scrub-brushed plains that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains defines the eastern edge of the sky. Within the boundaries of the Sombrillo Area of Critical Environmental Concern, the terrain remains rugged and largely undisturbed, characterized by hard-packed soil and the sparse, resilient vegetation of the high desert. During the late afternoon, the light shifts into a sharp, amber clarity that strips away the softness of the day, revealing the raw geometry of the arroyos and the deep, silent shadows cast by the nearby Santa Clara Canyon.
Sombrillo retains a quiet character shaped by generations of agricultural tradition and the persistent, slow flow of the Santa Cruz River that sustains the local fields. The economy remains rooted in the land, with small-scale farming and the seasonal rhythm of the harvest anchoring the daily lives of those who live here. While the Sierra Mosca Trail offers a path for those seeking the solitude of the higher elevations, the pace of life in Sombrillo stays tethered to the seasonal cycles of the desert floor. It is a place where history exists not in monuments, but in the quiet endurance of the adobe walls and the way the wind carries the dry, clean scent of sage across the plains, far removed from the constant noise of the modern world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 215° SW
- Ben Lujan Memorial Highway (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 220° SW
- Sombrillo Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.4 mi, 150° SE
- Herd of Deer (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 345° N
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 296° NW
- Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 2.2 mi, 290° W
- Plaza De Española (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 287° W
- Española Valley Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 288° W
- Recreation Center (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 294° NW
- Bond House Historic Site (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 287° W
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 176° S
- Oratorio de San Buenaventura Historic Site (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 076° E
- Marianne Hornbuckle Fine Art (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 195° S
- Poeh Cultural Center (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 167° S
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 216° SW
- Ojo Caliente Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.9 mi, 346° N
- Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 8.8 mi, 309° NW · 1.5M acres
- Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.8 mi, 109° E · 222k acres
- Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 9.8 mi, 069° E · 1.4M acres
- Castillo Gallery (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 080° E
- Camel Rock (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 162° S
- Indian Ruins Cliff Dwellings (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 276° W
- Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 11.8 mi, 228° SW · 34k acres
- Otowi Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 238° SW
- Anderson Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.1 mi, 236° SW
- Santa Fe Opera (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 161° S
- Fuller Lodge Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 245° SW
- Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.9 mi, 029° NE · 19k acres
- Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 219° SW · 25k acres
- Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 25.3 mi, 034° NE · 311k acres
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About This Sombrillo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sombrillo, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.980024, -106.040023. 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 Sombrillo includes the ZIP code (87532), telephone area code (505), county seat of Santa Fe County (Santa Fe), and school district assignment (Española Municipal 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. |
