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Vaughn New Mexico Map

Explore Vaughn, 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 Vaughn, New Mexico

How to Use This Vaughn, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.601735
Longitude	-105.208334
Population	286
Density	19.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	88353
Area Code	575
County Seat	Santa Rosa
School District	Vaughn Municipal Schools

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About Vaughn, New Mexico

Vaughn is a locality in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 286. The population density is 19.7 people per km². Vaughn is located at 34.6017°N, 105.2083°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Vaughn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 88353.

Vaughn sits amidst the vast, arid expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that seems to swallow the earth. It lies 68.6 miles south of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 179°T), and is situated 37.9 miles southwest of Santa Rosa. The landscape around Vaughn is defined by a sparse, resilient scrub that clings to the limestone-flecked soil, a terrain where the light at dusk turns the dusty ground to the color of bruised peaches. To the west, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rises like a serrated blade against the blue, while closer, the land breaks into the shallow, wind-scoured depression of Tall Pine Draw. Water is a rare and precious geometry here; the quiet bed of Salado Creek waits sixteen miles away, and the stagnant, sun-warmed surface of Burro Lake remains an isolated mirror in the scrubland, eight miles from the center of life in Vaughn.

History in Vaughn is written in the steel of the railroad tracks that once anchored its purpose, transforming a desolate crossing into a vital junction where steam and iron dictated the pulse of the day. The local economy relies on the slow, steady rhythm of ranching and the transit of long-haul travelers, a life lived in the shadow of shifting freight cars and the endless patience of the high desert. Here, the culture carries the quiet weight of Hispano and Anglo legacies, blending into a singular, austere endurance. Life in Vaughn moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the scarcity of resources, where the wind serves as a constant, restless neighbor and the silence of the plains provides a depth that lingers long after the sun has retreated behind the hard, dry edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 30.1 mi, 227° SW · 1.6M acres
Vásquez De Coronado’s Route (Monument) — 36.4 mi, 065° NE
Grzelachowski House Historic Site (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 065° NE
Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 064° NE
Pecos Theatre (Cinema) — 37.8 mi, 052° NE
Jesus M Casaus House Historic Site (Attraction) — 37.9 mi, 052° NE
Joseph's Restaurant (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 051° NE
Laguna del Perro Historic Marker (Monument) — 40.5 mi, 270° W
Roswell crash (Viewpoint) — 41.5 mi, 207° SW
Roswell Cave Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 42.1 mi, 145° SE
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 43.9 mi, 357° N · 1.5M acres
Villanueva State Park (State Park) — 45.3 mi, 352° N
Sumner Lake State Park (State Park) — 45.5 mi, 088° E
Star Axis (Public Artwork) — 46.3 mi, 008° N
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 46.3 mi, 351° N
Fort Hatch (Historic Castle / Fort) — 51.7 mi, 017° N
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (National Monument) — 54.6 mi, 245° SW · 980 acres
Moriarty Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 55.2 mi, 300° NW
Mound 7 (Historic Ruins) — 55.6 mi, 245° SW
View of Circular Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 55.6 mi, 245° SW
Manzano Mountain Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 59.0 mi, 265° W
Gypsy Raven Studios (Arts Centre) — 59.0 mi, 265° W
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.8 mi, 002° N · 17k acres
Quarai Museum (Museum) — 61.9 mi, 270° W
Wildlife West Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 65.1 mi, 300° NW
Capitan Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.0 mi, 182° S · 36k acres
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.5 mi, 277° W · 37k acres
Little Black Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 68.2 mi, 217° SW · 15k acres
Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 74.4 mi, 192° S · 28k acres
Carrizozo Lava Flow Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 74.6 mi, 215° SW · 10k acres

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