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Tecolote New Mexico Map

Explore Tecolote, 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 Tecolote, New Mexico

How to Use This Tecolote, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	35.460419
Longitude	-105.284209
Population	234
Density	16.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	88301, 87043, 87701
Area Code	505, 575
County Seat	Las Vegas
School District	West Las Vegas Public Schools

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About Tecolote, New Mexico

Tecolote is a locality in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 16.1 people per km². Tecolote is located at 35.4604°N, 105.2842°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 88301, 87043, 87701.

Tecolote emerges from the high desert floor as a quiet collection of earthen structures weathered by the relentless, sun-bleached air. It lies 9.8 miles south-southwest of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 199°T), and is situated 40.1 miles east-southeast of Santa Fe. Tecolote Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the dry terrain, providing a thin ribbon of moisture that sustains the sparse vegetation before the land rises toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. To the west, the shadow of the Santa Fe National Forest looms, where the transition from arid scrub to timbered slopes signals the true scale of the landscape. The light here possesses a particular clarity, sharp enough to define the edges of every stone and fence post, casting long, violet shadows across the dust as the day wanes into a deep, silent indigo.

History lingers in the adobe walls of Tecolote, where the labor of past generations remains etched into the very soil they cultivated. The local economy has long bowed to the rhythms of the earth, defined by the seasonal demands of ranching and the modest yields of dryland farming that have persisted since the early days of settlement. Those who traverse the road toward the nearby Cañon Pino Real or gaze toward the surface of McAllister Lake find a region defined by its isolation and the stoic endurance of its inhabitants. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the hurried world beyond the horizon, leaving only the sound of the wind moving through the grass and the faint, earthy scent of woodsmoke rising from a chimney at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 4.0 mi, 259° W · 1.5M acres
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 049° NE · 17k acres
Rodriguez Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 017° N
Baca-Korte House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 023° NE
Indigo Theatre (Cinema) — 9.8 mi, 020° N
Kiva Theater (Cinema) — 9.8 mi, 020° N
Fidelity Building Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 022° N
Don Benigno Romero House Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 022° N
Romaine Fielding and Tom Mix Studio Historic Site (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 022° N
Ilfield Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 021° N
Serf Theater (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 022° N
The Historic Serf Theatre Hall (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 022° N
Red Dawn (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 023° NE
Rough Riders Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 023° NE
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 023° NE
San Miguel de Vado National Historic District (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 235° SW
Settlements of the San Miguel Del Vado Land Grant (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 235° SW
Mesita De Los Madrones Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 12.5 mi, 162° S
Storrie Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 010° N
Villanueva State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 192° S
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 342° N · 222k acres
Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 21.3 mi, 117° SE
Spanish Church at Pecos Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 23.6 mi, 285° W
Pecos Pueblo South (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 286° W
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.1 mi, 023° NE · 8,460 acres
Pecos, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 29.1 mi, 312° NW · 6,823 acres
Bishop John Lamy Grant (Nature Reserve) — 32.7 mi, 278° W
Fort Union National Monument (National Monument) — 33.5 mi, 025° NE · 721 acres
Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 38.5 mi, 076° E · 22k acres
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 38.9 mi, 336° NW · 1.4M acres

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