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Whites City New Mexico Map

Explore Whites City, 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 Whites City, New Mexico

How to Use This Whites City, New Mexico Map

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

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	Whites City
State	New Mexico (NM)
County	Eddy County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	32.175672
Longitude	-104.376614
Population	14
Density	12.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	88268, 88220
Area Code	575
County Seat	Carlsbad
School District	Carlsbad Municipal Schools

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About Whites City, New Mexico

Whites City is a locality in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 14. The population density is 12.2 people per km². Whites City is located at 32.1757°N, 104.3766°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 88268, 88220.

Whites City emerges from the arid expanse of the high desert as a collection of structures huddled against the stark, sun-bleached terrain of the Chihuahuan Desert. It lies 19.0 miles south-southwest of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 207°T), and is situated 46.1 miles south of Artesia. The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Frontier Hills, while the immediate ground is carved by the dry, sun-baked earth of Bat Cave Draw. This landscape possesses a severe, unadorned beauty, where the light at dusk turns the limestone outcrops a bruised, luminous violet and the air carries the dry, clean scent of scorched earth and sage. Though the geography is parched, the presence of Crooked Creek six miles away and the distant, singular stillness of Flat Tank provide a quiet, subterranean reminder of the water that once shaped this limestone-riddled crust.

Whites City exists primarily as a gateway to the subterranean wonders of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, which occupies the immediate surrounding land. Established through the enterprise of Jim White, whose early explorations of the nearby cave systems transformed the local identity, Whites City functions as a functional outpost serving a steady stream of travelers drawn to the earth's depths. The local economy remains tethered to this singular geological attraction, dictating a pace of life that swells with the seasonal migration of visitors and ebbs into a profound, dusty solitude during the cooler months. Life here is defined by the interplay between the harsh, exposed surface world and the cool, silent majesty of the caverns, creating a community that feels perpetually poised on the threshold of an ancient, hidden geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 0.2 mi, 309° NW · 46k acres
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.2 mi, 288° W · 31k acres
Walnut Canyon (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 279° W
Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.7 mi, 186° S
Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.1 mi, 090° E
Mudgetts Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 4.1 mi, 289° W · 2,873 acres
Carlsbad Pbr #11 (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 088° E
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 13.9 mi, 270° W · 1.1M acres
Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative) (National Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 259° W · 28k acres
Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.2 mi, 259° W · 21k acres
M-42 Duster (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 029° NE
Living Desert State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 017° N
The Reader (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 027° NE
J J Hagerman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 027° NE
Eddy County Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 027° NE
Eddy and Bissell Livestock Company Headquarters Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 027° NE
Eddy National Bank Historic Site (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 027° NE
Time Capsule (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 028° NE
Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 028° NE
La Cueva 6 (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 021° N
Carlsbad Wildife Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 020° N · 12k acres
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 24.5 mi, 240° SW · 87k acres
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 24.5 mi, 240° SW · 46k acres
Carlsbad Pbr #1 (Historic Ruins) — 30.7 mi, 354° N
Pine Springs Amphitheater (Theatre) — 32.6 mi, 234° SW
Artesia Historical Museum and Art Centre (Museum) — 45.9 mi, 358° N
Ocotillo (Theatre) — 46.1 mi, 358° N
Lake Arthur Educational Museum (Museum) — 56.8 mi, 001° N
West of the Pecos Museum (Museum) — 73.1 mi, 135° SE
Walker Aviation Museum (Museum) — 78.6 mi, 354° N

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