Enter your search query in the box below.

White Signal New Mexico Map

Explore White Signal, 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 White Signal, New Mexico

How to Use This White Signal, New Mexico Map

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

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	White Signal
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.567749
Longitude	-108.349021
Population	191
Density	11.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88061
Area Code	575
County Seat	Silver City
School District	Silver City Consolidated Schools

🌦 Goto White Signal Weather Page: White Signal, New Mexico — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About White Signal, New Mexico

White Signal is a locality in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 191. The population density is 11.5 people per km². White Signal is located at 32.5677°N, 108.3490°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88061.

White Signal emerges from the high desert as a sparse collection of homesteads defined by the rhythmic, seasonal flow of Walnut Creek. It lies 40.6 miles west-northwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 299°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-southwest of Silver City. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, arid clarity, where the earth gives way to the shadowed rise of the Big Burro Mountains five miles to the west. To the north, the terrain shifts into the dense, pine-scented expanse of the Gila National Forest, providing a sharp contrast to the sun-bleached grasses of the lower plains. Nearby, the water in Copeland Tank holds the reflection of a vast, unclouded sky, while the wind moving through Keese Canyon carries the dry, metallic scent of exposed stone and scrub oak.

History in White Signal reflects a slow, deliberate persistence, characterized by mining ventures that once pulled minerals from the earth and settlers who carved a life out of the unforgiving soil. Today, the economy remains quiet and largely independent, favoring a pace dictated by the arrival of rains and the shifting intensity of the sun. The local character is shaped by those who prefer the solitude of the high country, where the silence is broken only by the occasional movement of livestock or the rustle of juniper. Life in White Signal is an exercise in observation, where the quality of light at dusk paints the surrounding hills in shades of deep violet and burnt orange, turning the mundane textures of the desert into something momentarily profound.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 2.4 mi, 270° W · 2.7M acres
The Net (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 015° N
Bullard Hotel Historic Site (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 017° N
H B Ailman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 016° N
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 016° N
Martin Maher House Historic Site (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 016° N
David Abraham House Historic Site (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 016° N
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 014° N
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 014° N
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 015° N
Penny Park Mosaics (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 016° N
Ft. Bayard Mil. Res. Other (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 033° NE · 1,521 acres
Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.8 mi, 304° NW
City of Rocks- Table Mountain/Faywood Cienega (State Recreation Area) — 21.0 mi, 090° E
City Of Rocks State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 087° E
Arrastre Interpretive Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 018° N
Red Rock Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 297° NW
Ben Lilly Memorial (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 015° N
Shakespeare Historical Marker (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 234° SW
Gila Lower Box Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.4 mi, 279° W · 8,802 acres
Blue Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.6 mi, 286° W · 15k acres
Mimbres Heritage Cultural Center (Historic Ruins) — 29.4 mi, 050° NE
Gila Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.4 mi, 360° N · 560k acres
Aldo Leopold Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.0 mi, 032° NE · 204k acres
Playas Siding (Monument) — 44.1 mi, 201° S
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (National Monument) — 45.2 mi, 005° N · 1,148 acres
Black Range Museum (Museum) — 51.6 mi, 062° NE
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 61.2 mi, 092° E · 574k acres
Mogollon Museum (Museum) — 63.0 mi, 336° NW
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 70.2 mi, 246° SW

Latest News: White Signal

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News