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Map of the Northern New Mexico region, highlighting the location of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Santa Fe National Forest, Bandelier National Monument, and Santa Clara Indian Reservation in relation to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. |
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Colored relief map of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. |
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Shaded relief map of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, with geologic features identified. |
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Relief map identifying different ecological regions of the Preserve – grasslands and meadows; forests and woodlands; and felsenmeers and rock outcrops. |
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Map illustrating the topographic rim of the Valles Caldera and the boundaries of the National Preserve, demonstrating that there is a significant portion of the Caldera outside the boundary of the National Preserve. |
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Elk Density/Rangeland Monitoring Map. Among other information, this map provides relative elk densities for various regions of the Preserve as determined by the quantity of elk pellets observed in 2002. In each box on the map, the second number from the top is the "elk pellet group count," which could be compared with other boxes on the map in order to get an idea where you would have the best shot of encountering some of the more than 3,000 elk that live in the Caldera when the weather is warm. |
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This map reveals: 1) the various ecological zones of the Caldera, and 2) the locations of the thermographs and sondes (instruments that measure various water quality data) in the rivers of the Preserve. From the Jemez Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load report by the N.M. Environment Department. |
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This map shows: 1) the geologic units of the Caldera, and 2) river sampling locations for the Jemez Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load report by the N.M. Environment Department. |
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Topo map of the East Fork of the Jemez River Trail (Trail 137). Clicking on the map to the left will send you to the Bikerag mountain biking web site, where you will find a large version of the map at the bottom of the page. . |
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Map identifying the more than 1,800 miles of roads that were constructed in the Baca Ranch during its time in private ownership. |
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Map assembled by Valles Caldera Rim Trails, identifying the topographic rim of the Caldera. The group is spearheading a movement to construct a 78-mile-long trail that would circumnavigate the entire rim of the Caldera. From this page, you can learn more about this effort, and you can click on various regions on the map to learn about each region of the proposed trail. Clicking on this map will send you to the website of the Valles Caldera Rim Trails. |
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Map of the current open roads on the Valles Caldera National Preserve. |
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Shaded, wordless relief map of the Valles Caldera upon which the boundary of the National Preserve is superimposed. |
Maps For Purchase Online
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“Valles Caldera: Map and Geology History of the Southwest’s Youngest Caldera,” by Kirt Kempter and Dick Huelste. High Desert Field Guides. |
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“Valles Caldera National Preserve: Nature Guide and Map,” Valles Caldera Trust (2008). |
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“Santa Fe National Forest Map,” U.S. Department of Agriculture (2004). |
U.S.G.S. Topo Maps of the Valles Caldera Available Online
Los Alamos National Laboratory has a database of every U.S.G.S. Topographic Map covering New Mexico. There are three different scales for these maps: 1:250,000, 1:100,000, and 1:24,000.
Large Scale Topo Maps
On the 1:250,000 scale, the Valles Caldera can be seen in the Albuquerque U.S.G.S. map.
Download the Albuquerque map in full size (.tif), or in compressed form (.zip).
Small-Scale Topo Maps (Quads)
In the 1:24,000 scale, the Valles Caldera is covered by six “quad” maps.
Click the links below to download each in full size (.tif) or in compressed form (.zip):
Valle San Antonio Quad Map:
Cerro del Grant Quad Map:
Polvadera Peak Quad Map:
Valle Toledo Quad Map:
Redondo Peak Quad Map:
Bland Quad Map:
