Timberlake New Mexico Map

About Timberlake, New Mexico

Timberlake is a locality in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 4.0 people per km². Timberlake is located at 35.2012°N, 108.4843°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87321.

Timberlake emerges from the high desert plateau as a quiet collection of dwellings shadowed by the vast, open expanse of the Cibola National Forest. It lies 25.9 miles south-southeast of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 148°T), and is situated 22.0 miles east-northeast of Zuni Pueblo. The landscape is defined by the stark, terrestrial beauty of the high country, where the air remains thin and crisp against the skin, and the sun bleaches the earth to shades of pale ochre and bone. To the west, the distant outline of McKenzie Ridge asserts a rugged boundary against the horizon, while the terrain near Timberlake breaks into the rugged, shadowed depths of Blind Canyon. Water is a precious, infrequent visitor here, manifesting in the seasonal flow of Cebolla Creek or the quiet, still surface of Ramah Reservoir, both of which offer a brief reprieve from the relentless aridity of the scrubland.

History lingers in the quietude of the region, where the influence of diverse cultures remains etched into the way the land is worked and the architecture is maintained. The local economy persists through a resilient connection to the soil and the sprawling reaches of the Cibola National Forest, which dictates the pace of life for those who call Timberlake home. Travelers passing through may find themselves drawn to the rhythmic sound of water spilling over The Falls, a singular point of interest where the dry earth yields to a sudden, vertical rush of energy. Daily existence in Timberlake is marked by the shifting quality of light, which turns the surrounding pinon and juniper forests into deep, velvet silhouettes as the afternoon wanes and the temperature drops with the suddenness of the high desert night.

About This Timberlake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Timberlake, New Mexico. Coordinates: 35.201222, -108.484254. 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 Timberlake includes the ZIP code (87321), telephone area code (505), county seat of McKinley County (Gallup), and school district assignment (Gallup-McKinley County Schools).

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.