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Veguita New Mexico Map

Explore Veguita, 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 Veguita, New Mexico

How to Use This Veguita, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	34.516174
Longitude	-106.767248
Population	219
Density	101.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	87062
Area Code	505
County Seat	Socorro
School District	Belen Consolidated Schools

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About Veguita, New Mexico

Veguita is a locality in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 219. The population density is 101.1 people per km². Veguita is located at 34.5162°N, 106.7672°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87062.

Veguita emerges from the sun-bleached expanse of the high desert, defined by the seasonal, silty passage of the Abo Arroyo that carves a faint, winding scar through the earth. It lies 20.1 miles south of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of Rio Communities. To the west, the silhouette of Picho Hill rises with a stark, jagged permanence against a sky that turns the color of bruised plums as the sun retreats. The air here holds a profound stillness, a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every creosote bush and weathered fence post, while the distant, arid expanse of Pino Draw cradles the shadows of the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate scrubland, the landscape remains vast and unyielding, a space where the light does not merely touch the ground but seems to emanate from the very minerals of the soil, casting a golden, ancient clarity over the rolling terrain.

Veguita carries the quiet weight of generations who learned to cultivate life from the thin, stubborn topsoil, anchoring an economy that has long favored the patient rhythms of agriculture and small-scale husbandry. The local culture remains deeply rooted in a history of land grants and communal stewardship, where the proximity to the Casa Colorada Waterfowl Area serves as a reminder of the delicate balance between human industry and the migratory pulses of the natural world. Life in Veguita moves with the deliberate pace of the seasonal harvest, and while the nearby waters of Middle Tank remain a distant, hidden relief from the heat, the daily existence of the inhabitants is defined by the resilience of those who tend to the orchards and the open range. It is a place where the architecture of adobe and wire speaks less of grand ambition and more of a steadfast, enduring presence in the high, quiet plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Casa Colorada Waterfowl Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 005° N
Dust Bowl Home Historic Site (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 338° N
Bernalillo Waterfowl Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 206° SW
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.5 mi, 180° S · 456k acres
Valencia County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 360° N
Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.1 mi, 259° W
Sierra Ladrones Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.1 mi, 252° W · 48k acres
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 16.0 mi, 065° NE · 1.6M acres
Manzano Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.0 mi, 065° NE · 37k acres
Tribute to Randall G. Sanders (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 206° SW
Official Scenic Historic Marker (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 108° E
War Cannon (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 005° N
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (National Monument) — 22.4 mi, 101° E · 980 acres
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 325° NW
Abo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 22.8 mi, 101° E
Reoccupation Plazuela (Historic Ruins) — 22.8 mi, 102° E
San Lorenzo Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.0 mi, 215° SW
Manzano Mountains State Park (State Park) — 23.2 mi, 077° E
Stallion Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.8 mi, 163° S · 24k acres
Quarai Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 078° E
New Mexico Zia (Public Artwork) — 29.7 mi, 089° E
Gypsy Raven Studios (Arts Centre) — 29.9 mi, 089° E
Manzano Mountain Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.0 mi, 089° E
Jumbo Fragment (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 193° S
Hubbell House Historic Site (Attraction) — 32.7 mi, 007° N
Cavalcade of Wings (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 013° N
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 009° N
Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 38.7 mi, 009° N
Sandia Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.8 mi, 023° NE · 38k acres
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.6 mi, 180° S · 114k acres

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