Vaughn New Mexico Map

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.

About This Vaughn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vaughn, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.601735, -105.208334. 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 Vaughn includes the ZIP code (88353), telephone area code (575), county seat of Guadalupe County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Vaughn Municipal 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.