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Sunlit Hills New Mexico Map

Explore Sunlit Hills, 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 Sunlit Hills, New Mexico

How to Use This Sunlit Hills, New Mexico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sunlit Hills, 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 Sunlit Hills.

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	Sunlit Hills
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Santa Fe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.588051
Longitude	-105.922799
Population	736
Density	75.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87508
Area Code	505
County Seat	Santa Fe
School District	Santa Fe Public Schools

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About Sunlit Hills, New Mexico

Sunlit Hills is a locality in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 736. The population density is 75.8 people per km². Sunlit Hills is located at 35.5881°N, 105.9228°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87508.

Sunlit Hills occupies a high, arid expanse where the earth shifts from dusty ochre to the deep, weathered gray of exposed stone. It lies 6.9 miles south of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 173°T), and is situated 4.3 miles north of Eldorado at Santa Fe. The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which catch the final, bruised purples of the setting sun long after the valley floor has fallen into shadow. Nearby, the terrain drops sharply into the rugged cut of Piedras Negras Canyon, while the intermittent flow of Cienega Creek carves a thin, erratic ribbon of green through the dry scrub. Residents often walk the perimeter of the Arroyo Hondo Open Space, where the air remains thin and sharp, carrying the faint, resinous scent of sagebrush and parched soil.

Sunlit Hills sustains itself through a quiet, agrarian rhythm that honors the layered legacies of those who first broke this ground. Economic life here moves in slow accordance with the seasonal harvest, and the surrounding land—including the nearby Twomile Reservoir—provides a vital, if modest, anchor for the local irrigation that sustains small-scale cultivation. Those seeking a longer trek find their way to the Saint Johns Trail, a path that winds toward the higher elevations of the Espanola Ranger District, where the landscape shifts into the cool, silent intensity of ponderosa pine. Life in Sunlit Hills is measured not by the velocity of commerce, but by the way the light clarifies the sharp edges of the adobe walls and the patient, deliberate pace of a day passing under a vast, cloudless sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seton Castle Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 329° NW
Arroyo Hondo Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 358° N
Arroyo Hondo (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 358° N
El Dorado Dog Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 156° SE
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 3.6 mi, 046° NE · 1.5M acres
Ghost Bison (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 152° SE
Performance Space (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 153° SE
Eldorado's Community Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.1 mi, 143° SE
Science on a Sphere (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 285° W
Cactus Rescue Project (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 337° NW
Visual Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 4.4 mi, 286° W
Sara Miller Contemporary Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.5 mi, 293° NW
Donaciana (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 299° NW
Galisteo Basin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 142° SE
Edge Contemporary (Gallery) — 4.9 mi, 270° W
López Horno Plaza (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 357° N
Berlin Gathering Place Amphitheater (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 357° N
Clark Exploration Place (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 357° N
Bishop John Lamy Grant (Nature Reserve) — 5.5 mi, 140° SE
Bruns Hospital Area Other (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 326° NW · 7 acres
Ironstone Gardens (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 336° NW
Vital Spaces (Arts Centre) — 5.7 mi, 329° NW
Thaw Art History Center (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 327° NW
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 035° NE · 222k acres
La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.6 mi, 270° W
Hyde Memorial State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 026° NE
Santa Fe Canyon Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.2 mi, 312° NW
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.9 mi, 052° NE · 6,823 acres
Bandelier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.5 mi, 297° NW · 25k acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 21.8 mi, 302° NW · 34k acres

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