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Tierra Amarilla New Mexico Map

Explore Tierra Amarilla, 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 Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico

How to Use This Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico Map

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

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	Tierra Amarilla
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Rio Arriba County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.705901
Longitude	-106.565132
Population	297
Density	42.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87575
Area Code	505
County Seat	Tierra Amarilla
School District	Chama Valley Independent Schools

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About Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico

Tierra Amarilla is a locality in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 297. The population density is 42.7 people per km². Tierra Amarilla is located at 36.7059°N, 106.5651°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87575.

Tierra Amarilla endures as a quiet sentinel of the high country, defined by the persistent, life-giving flow of the Tierra Amarilla Community Ditch that channels alpine snowmelt through the valley floor. It lies 55.5 miles north-northwest of Española, NM (from Española, NM: bearing 332°T), and is situated 32.6 miles southwest of Cañon. The landscape stretches toward the horizon in shades of sage and dusty gold, where the high desert air thins and sharpens, carrying the scent of dry earth and impending frost. In the distance, the San Juan Mountains rise like jagged teeth against a sky of bruised violet, their peaks often holding the first white dust of the season while the lower slopes of the Canjillon Ranger District offer a dark, coniferous contrast to the scrub-brush plains. To the west, the deep, rugged silence of Chavez Box waits, a geological fold that echoes with the stillness of the high plateau, while the nearby waters of Heron Reservoir gather in a glassy, silent expanse, reflecting the immense, unhurried passage of the clouds.

Tierra Amarilla carries the weight of a long, layered history, where the legacies of land grants and early frontier grazing continue to shape the rhythm of the days. The local economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the seasonal labor of ranching and the careful stewardship of water rights that have defined life here for generations. Visitors seeking the stark beauty of the region often find their way toward the quiet trails and camping grounds of Heron Lake State Park, where the recreational pulse of the area beats a little faster during the summer months. Despite the encroaching quiet of the modern age, the character of the place persists in the sturdy, sun-baked adobe structures and the slow, deliberate work of those who tend to the soil. Here, the light at dusk does not merely fade; it clings to the valley, turning the grasses to copper and revealing the enduring patience of a locale that remains stubbornly, beautifully itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

TA Marker (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 041° NE
Blanton Log House Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 351° N
Casados House Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 351° N
George Becker House Bunk House and Barn Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 351° N
Gilbert Martinez Barn Historic Site (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 351° N
Heron Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.6 mi, 276° W
Rio Chama Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 230° SW
El Vado Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 248° W
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 9.7 mi, 133° SE · 1.4M acres
Chama Canyons Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.9 mi, 212° SW
Rio Chama National Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.3 mi, 224° SW · 9,568 acres
Rio Chama Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 14.4 mi, 208° SW · 11k acres
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 16.2 mi, 213° SW · 1.5M acres
Rio Chama, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.2 mi, 213° SW · 4,212 acres
Chama River Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.7 mi, 195° S · 47k acres
Cruces Basin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.8 mi, 044° NE · 19k acres
Brazos Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.1 mi, 037° NE
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 29.0 mi, 053° NE · 311k acres
Time Capsule (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 167° S
Aldo Leopold House (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 096° E
Historic Arroyo Aguaje Bridge (Monument) — 34.3 mi, 097° E
Pink Flamingo (Public Artwork) — 36.9 mi, 158° S
John Bosehard Tribal & Traditional Arts (Gallery) — 37.0 mi, 158° S
Georgia O'keefe museum and home (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 158° S
1625 Gallery Cacahuate Local Art (Gallery) — 37.1 mi, 158° S
Davy Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 092° E
Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 37.7 mi, 169° S
Posi Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 39.9 mi, 135° SE
Pagosa Springs History Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 328° NW
Classical Gas Museum (Museum) — 48.4 mi, 135° SE

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