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Windmill New Mexico Map

Explore Windmill, 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 Windmill, New Mexico

How to Use This Windmill, New Mexico Map

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

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

Latitude	31.977869
Longitude	-108.625052
Population	54
Density	14.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	88020
Area Code	575
County Seat	Lordsburg
School District	Animas Public Schools

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About Windmill, New Mexico

Windmill is a locality in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 14.4 people per km². Windmill is located at 31.9779°N, 108.6251°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88020.

Windmill occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the pale blue sky. It lies 54.5 miles west-southwest of Deming, NM (from Deming, NM: bearing 249°T), and is situated 26.2 miles south of Lordsburg. The ground here is dominated by the hard, cracked earth of the high desert, textured with sparse scrub and the low, persistent reach of dry grasses that bend under the weight of a constant, arid breeze. To the east, the silhouette of the Coyote Hills breaks the monotony of the plains, their jagged edges softened by the shifting haze of midday heat. Five miles away, the deep, shadowed gash of Baker Canyon cuts through the terrain, holding the echoes of geological time in its silent, rock-strewn depths. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows that seem to pull the very heat from the stones.

Windmill maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, anchored by a history of ranching that still dictates the rhythm of the local economy. The land surrounding Windmill remains largely defined by its isolation, though the presence of the Animas River ten miles away provides a distant, life-sustaining artery that has long influenced the movement of cattle and people. The nearby Playas Lake often sits as a dry, shimmering basin, reflecting little but the intensity of the sun until rare, heavy rains bring a brief, muddy vitality to the floor. Sixteen miles out, the Antelope Pass Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the integrity of this austere landscape, keeping it largely untouched by the encroaching reach of modern development. Life here is measured in the slow turn of the seasons and the maintenance of fences, a testament to the endurance required to inhabit a place where the sky feels larger than the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Playas Siding (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 133° SE
Smugglers Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 261° W
Antelope Pass Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 16.2 mi, 267° W
Gray Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.2 mi, 250° W · 14k acres
Hachita Historic Marker (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 103° E
Big Hatchet Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 22.0 mi, 147° SE · 67k acres
Big Hatchet Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 22.0 mi, 147° SE
Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 345° N
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 25.0 mi, 277° W
Tractor Minion (Public Artwork) — 28.9 mi, 260° W
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 29.3 mi, 227° SW · 1.7M acres
Gila National Forest (National Forest) — 29.4 mi, 008° N · 2.7M acres
Chiricahua Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.7 mi, 259° W · 87k acres
Gray School (Historic Ruins) — 31.8 mi, 208° SW
Cathedral Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 32.7 mi, 259° W
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.7 mi, 315° NW · 20k acres
Devil's Kitchen (Attraction) — 37.0 mi, 224° SW
Geronimo Surrender Monument (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 225° SW
Chiricahua National Monument (National Monument) — 39.7 mi, 270° W · 12k acres
Wagon (Historic Ruins) — 41.6 mi, 280° W
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 274° W
Camp Rucker (Museum) — 45.7 mi, 250° W
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 49.3 mi, 284° W
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.2 mi, 241° SW · 5,550 acres
Silver CIty Museum (Museum) — 58.4 mi, 020° N
Webb Theater (Theatre) — 58.6 mi, 020° N
Fine Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 58.7 mi, 020° N
Western New Mexico University Museum (Museum) — 58.7 mi, 020° N
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 73.9 mi, 088° E · 574k acres

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