Abandoned Record
About Wagon Wheel
Wagon Wheel is an unincorporated community in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at exit 208 of Interstate 40, 12 miles (19 km) east of Moriarty, and provides services for travelers on the highway.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Wagon Wheel, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Wagon Wheel is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Wagon Wheel
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1894 Lamy sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Santa Fe sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Santa Fe sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Stanley sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Villanueva sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1990 El Cuervo Butte sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Wagon Wheel
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our New Mexico index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Wagon Wheel, New Mexico": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q16902842.
- USGS GNIS 924956.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).