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Golden, New Mexico Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Golden, New Mexico from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Golden building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Golden, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Golden artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Golden. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Golden brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Golden, New Mexico from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Golden map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Streets and roads4
- Turquoise Trail
- Luz del Cielo
- Placer Road
- Lone Eagle Drive
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Golden, New Mexico
Golden is a community of 19 people in Santa Fe County, between Cedar Crest and Madrid. Native Americans and Spaniards lived here long before American settlers came, and gold turned up in 1825, years before the California and Colorado rushes, making this the earliest gold rush west of the Mississippi. Prospectors found placer gold along Tuerto Creek, below the southwest flank of the Ortiz Mountains, and by the late 1820s two small camps had grown up, one called El Real de San Francisco and the other Placer del Tuerto. The settlement became permanent in the 1840s, and in the middle of that century people also called it New Placers.
Just south of Tuerto, a new town named Golden took shape and took in both older camps. It was formally established in 1879 as the center of a new gold-mining district, and it soon had saloons, a number of businesses, a school and a stock exchange, with a post office from 1880. Mining went on only on a small scale until about 1892, so ranching kept the local economy going. By 1928 so few people remained that the post office closed, and Golden became a ghost town.
- The church of San FranciscoWikipedia dates the San Francisco Catholic Church to around 1830, while the state historic marker suggests the St. Francis church in the village could go back to the early 1840s. Historian and author Fray Angelico Chavez restored it in 1960, while he served as padre of St. Joseph Church in Los Cerrillos. It is now the most photographed building in Golden.
- A store open since 1918The Golden General Merchandise Store opened in 1918 and outlasted the mines, the post office and nearly everyone else. It is the only business in town still running, and locals call it the Henderson General Store after its owner.
- Ruins of a mining townAfter the town emptied, its abandoned buildings slowly fell in among the few houses still lived in, and vandals did more damage. Across the highway, west of the church, stand the ruins of another large building along with leftovers from the mines.
Keep exploring New Mexico
Golden is one of 544 New Mexico towns we've mapped. Every dot on the map is a print of its own.
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Near Golden
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
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Returns and damaged prints
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