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Wagon Mound New Mexico Map

Explore Wagon Mound, 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 Wagon Mound, New Mexico

How to Use This Wagon Mound, New Mexico Map

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

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	Wagon Mound
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Mora County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.008925
Longitude	-104.706658
Population	266
Density	101.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	87752
Area Code	575
County Seat	Mora
School District	Wagon Mound Public Schools

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About Wagon Mound, New Mexico

Wagon Mound is a locality in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 266. The population density is 101.5 people per km². Wagon Mound is located at 36.0089°N, 104.7067°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Wagon Mound is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 87752.

Wagon Mound rises from the high plains like a sudden, basaltic exclamation point against the vast, pale sky. It lies 40.8 miles northeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 45°T), and is situated 55.6 miles east-southeast of Taos. The earth here is spare and tectonic, defined by the stark silhouette of the volcanic formation that gives Wagon Mound its name, while the distant, jagged peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains haunt the western horizon in shades of bruised violet. Nearby, the water of Berlier Reservoir catches the relentless light of the high desert, mirroring the clouds that drift over the scrub-dusted basin. To the west, the landscape deepens into the shadows of Apache Canyon, and the thin, seasonal pulse of Vermejo Creek traces a slow path through the arid terrain, feeding the quiet, resilient growth of the surrounding prairie.

History clings to the soil of Wagon Mound, where the ghosts of travelers once followed the dusty ruts of the Santa Fe Trail toward uncertain futures. The rhythm of life here remains tied to the land, an economy sustained by the endurance of ranching and the slow, seasonal labor of the harvest. Within the quiet boundaries of the Wagon Mound Wildlife Management Area, the silence is broken only by the sharp call of raptors or the wind scouring the dry grass. It is a place of long, amber afternoons where the light seems to hold its breath, casting a deep, honest clarity over the adobe walls and the open, uncrowded expanse that defines the character of the high country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Clara Hotel Historic Site (Attraction) — 0.0 mi, 098° E
Wagon Mound Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 000° N
Kiowa National Grassland (National Grassland) — 17.1 mi, 089° E · 137k acres
Fort Union National Monument (National Monument) — 17.9 mi, 246° SW · 721 acres
Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.4 mi, 236° SW · 8,460 acres
Carl W Wildensteins House Historic Site (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 226° SW
Sabinoso Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 24.3 mi, 158° S
Old Colfax County Courhouse (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 014° N
Sabinoso Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.3 mi, 159° S · 22k acres
María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 333° NW
Rayado (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 333° NW
Coyote Creek State Park (State Park) — 29.0 mi, 276° W
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 32.2 mi, 330° NW
Emiteria "Matie" Martinez Robinson Viles Historic Marker (Monument) — 32.6 mi, 246° SW
Covered Wagon (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 336° NW
The Wonders of Discovery (Public Artwork) — 33.8 mi, 336° NW
Old Cartwright Mill Site (Historic Ruins) — 36.2 mi, 314° NW
Cleveland Roller Mill Museum (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 268° W
Carson National Forest (National Forest) — 36.9 mi, 297° NW · 1.4M acres
Santa Fe National Forest (National Forest) — 37.1 mi, 258° W · 1.5M acres
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.9 mi, 218° SW · 17k acres
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 225° SW
Rough Riders Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 225° SW
Serf Theater (Theatre) — 40.5 mi, 225° SW
Ilfield Auditorium (Theatre) — 40.6 mi, 225° SW
Kiva Theater (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 225° SW
Indigo Theatre (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 225° SW
Pecos Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.0 mi, 249° W · 222k acres
Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum (Museum) — 48.6 mi, 321° NW
Río Grande Del Norte National Monument (National Monument) — 59.6 mi, 292° W · 311k acres

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