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Torreon New Mexico Map

Explore Torreon, 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 Torreon, New Mexico

How to Use This Torreon, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	35.797244
Longitude	-107.213933
Population	281
Density	7.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	87013, 87061
Area Code	505
County Seat	Bernalillo
School District	Cuba Independent Schools

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About Torreon, New Mexico

Torreon is a locality in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 281. The population density is 7.8 people per km². Torreon is located at 35.7972°N, 107.2139°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 87013, 87061.

Torreon reveals itself through a landscape of austere, sun-bleached earth where the horizon stretches into a vast, silent expanse of high desert. It lies 49.7 miles northwest of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 322°T), and is situated 30.2 miles west-northwest of Jemez Pueblo. The ground here is etched by the meandering path of Torreon Wash, which cuts through the arid soil like a dry vein waiting for the rare, heavy rains to stir its dormant strength. Nearby, the modest basin of Trujillo Cañon offers a slight reprieve from the flat plains, while the small body of water known as West Cornfield Tank serves as a quiet gathering point for the local wildlife. Far to the east, the jagged, snow-dusted peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise like a serrated blade against the deepening blue of the dusk, their presence lending a sense of scale to the sprawling, scrub-dotted plateau.

Torreon holds the quiet weight of generations, its history marked by the resilient architecture of adobe walls that seem to draw their very color from the ground they occupy. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the land, defined by small-scale ranching and the slow, deliberate work of those who cultivate the rugged terrain. Beyond the immediate settlement, the rugged topography of the La Lena Wilderness Study Area preserves a stretch of wilderness that remains largely untouched by the modern acceleration of life. In the stillness of the afternoon, the light casts long, sharp shadows that emphasize the texture of the dry grasses and the weathered wood of old fences, reflecting a cultural character that values the endurance of the individual over the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

La Lena Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.0 mi, 175° S · 10k acres
Empedrado Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.6 mi, 198° S · 8,997 acres
San Luis Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.3 mi, 163° S
Torreon Fossil Fauna East Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 12.3 mi, 347° N
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 17.4 mi, 037° NE · 1.5M acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 18.7 mi, 181° S · 1.6M acres
Guadalupe ruins (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 166° S
Cuba Historic Marker (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 043° NE
Petroglyph Panel (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 173° S
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 175° S
San Juan Basin (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 028° NE
Ojito Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.8 mi, 142° SE · 12k acres
Jemez National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 22.9 mi, 092° E · 58k acres
San Pedro Parks Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.4 mi, 049° NE · 41k acres
Guadalupe Box (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 100° E
Gilman Tunnels (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 100° E
Ojito Wilderness Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.7 mi, 141° SE
Hoodoos (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 141° SE
Fenton Lake (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 077° E
Jemez Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 29.3 mi, 094° E
East Fork Jemez, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.7 mi, 086° E · 3,069 acres
Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 33.3 mi, 086° E · 89k acres
Bandelier National Monument (National Monument) — 42.2 mi, 087° E · 34k acres
V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Hall (Theatre) — 46.5 mi, 136° SE
Rio Rancho Premiere (Cinema) — 48.2 mi, 143° SE
Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance (Nature Reserve) — 49.4 mi, 136° SE
Marian Shrine (Public Artwork) — 50.2 mi, 131° SE
Fuller Lodge Art Center (Arts Centre) — 51.4 mi, 083° E
Corrales Bosque Gallery (Gallery) — 51.8 mi, 139° SE
Juniper Amphitheater (Theatre) — 52.2 mi, 090° E

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