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Velarde, 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 Velarde, New Mexico from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Velarde 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 Velarde, 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.
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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 Velarde 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 Velarde. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Velarde brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Velarde, New Mexico from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Velarde 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 roads9
- Road 1073
- Road 1045
- Coyote Trail
- Pvt Road 1071
- Cam Montoya
- 1070 Road
- Apple Drive
- Road 1072
- Road 1421
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Velarde, New Mexico
Velarde is a community of 514 people in Rio Arriba County, at the spot where State Road 68 enters the Rio Grande Gorge on its way to Taos. It carries the name of Juan Matias Velarde, who settled here in 1750. In 1725 an ancestor of his who was born in Spain, Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde, had made his home close to El Paso del Río del Norte, which is now Ciudad Juárez. The move north by Juan Matias drew more of the family into colonial New Mexico.
The settlement was first called La Joya, Spanish for "The Jewel," a name that probably came from a 1712 land grant to Sebastian Martin after the Pueblo Revolt. The Tewa called the place Tsígubúu'ú, meaning "greasewood dell." Sitting at the mouth of the canyon on the Low Road to Taos, the village was for most of its Spanish history a quiet place where travelers stopped to rest before heading north.
- Embudo Pass, January 29, 1847During the Taos Revolt, late in the Mexican-American War, Tewa warriors and Mexican fighters built defenses among the cedars and boulders here. Col. Sterling Price, the military governor, and his Missouri Mounted Volunteers broke their lines, then marched on to lay siege to Taos Pueblo less than a week later. Crosses cut into the rocks still mark where 20 local fighters fell, and an American map of the day called the village simply "Joya."
- An army post called backSome time after the battle, Col. Edwin Vose Sumner, later military governor of New Mexico from 1851 to 1853, sent a Major Gordon and a detachment of infantry to build a post below the canyon at present Velarde. The soldiers had barely settled in when orders came for the unit to go back to Taos.
- Iglesia de la Virgen de GuadalupeVelarde had its own mission church, though it fell under the parish of San Antonio de Embudo, whose seat was in Dixon. Some burials took place at the church, though most were in the Velarde Cemetery. Couples sometimes married at San Antonio in Dixon, but more often at the church of San Juan de los Caballeros, now Ohkay Owingeh.
- Blankets, then applesA state historical marker says Velarde was once famous for its finely woven blankets. A news report in 1892 mentioned orchards and vineyards, but commercial apple growing began only in the late 1920s. When a modern highway to Taos was built through the village along the Rio Grande, roadside fruit stands went up to greet travelers. Black Mesa Winery is here today.
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Velarde 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 Velarde
Order 2 or more town maps and save 10%. Shown in the size and finish you picked above, so they hang as a set.
- Canova 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Lyden 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Dixon 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
More maps nearby: Los Luceros, La Villita, Alcalde, Pueblito and Ohkay Owingeh.
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.
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