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Timberon New Mexico Map

Explore Timberon, 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 Timberon, New Mexico

How to Use This Timberon, New Mexico Map

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

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	Timberon
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Otero County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.636306
Longitude	-105.695249
Population	345
Density	6.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88350
Area Code	575
County Seat	Alamogordo
School District	Cloudcroft Municipal Schools

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About Timberon, New Mexico

Timberon is a locality in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 345. The population density is 6.6 people per km². Timberon is located at 32.6363°N, 105.6952°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88350.

Timberon occupies a high-altitude expanse where the thin, crisp air carries the scent of dry earth and sun-warmed needles. It lies 24.7 miles southeast of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 141°T), and is situated 28.3 miles east-southeast of Holloman AFB. The landscape around Timberon is defined by the rugged descent of Arkansas Canyon, which carves a deep, shadow-filled path through the terrain just two miles from the dwellings. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land rises into dense, aromatic woodlands that serve as the doorstep to the vast Lincoln National Forest. The light here possesses a singular, clarifying quality, turning the late afternoon shadows into sharp, violet-edged silhouettes that stretch across the dusty clearings and define the quiet, solitary character of the high terrain.

History in this region is marked by the slow, deliberate pace of those who sought a life away from the low-lying plains, finding their livelihood in the timber and the quiet solitude of the highlands. While the Sacramento River flows just one mile away, its presence is a subtle, silver thread that sustains the local ecology rather than driving a bustling industrial economy. The local rhythm is dictated by the seasons, with residents observing the slow turning of the year as the weather shifts across the open acreage. Though Big Tank lies twenty-two miles distant and the distant, grand heights of the Sacramento Mountains loom twenty-six miles to the horizon, the daily life of Timberon remains anchored in the immediate, rugged beauty of the surrounding forest and the persistent, quiet resilience of the high desert.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 090° E · 1.1M acres
Culp Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 4.6 mi, 240° SW · 11k acres
Black Grama Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.0 mi, 194° S
Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.1 mi, 288° W
Sacramento Peak Observatory Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 11.5 mi, 328° NW
Antarctic Telescope (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 326° NW
Sacramento Camp Lookout (Viewpoint) — 12.8 mi, 038° NE
Sacramento Columbarium (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 036° NE
Oliver Lee State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 295° NW
Avis School (Historic Ruins) — 14.8 mi, 071° E
Cloudcroft Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 18.6 mi, 357° N
The Alamogordo "A" (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 326° NW
Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 354° N
Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 353° N
High Rolls Tunnel (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 336° NW
Grave of Ham the Astrochimp (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 326° NW
New Mexico Museum of Space History (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 326° NW
Harry Francis Acley House Historic Site (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 320° NW
Alamogordo Founders Park (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 320° NW
White Sands National Park (National Park) — 27.3 mi, 289° W · 148k acres
Casper Baca Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 36.7 mi, 354° N
Samson Miller Memorial Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 36.7 mi, 354° N
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 47.6 mi, 003° N
Ruidoso River Museum (Museum) — 48.3 mi, 001° N
Museum of the Horse (Museum) — 48.4 mi, 007° N
Organ Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 51.4 mi, 248° W · 20k acres
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 51.4 mi, 248° W · 574k acres
White Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 52.5 mi, 352° N · 47k acres
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 55.4 mi, 006° N
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 62.1 mi, 141° SE · 87k acres

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