Picacho Hills, New Mexico

About Picacho Hills

Picacho Hills is a small unincorporated community in southern New Mexico.

Picacho Hills holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.24 square miles.

📰 Picacho Hills News Today

• Picacho Hills to host May 19 primary candidate forum in Las Cruces Organ Mountain News · May 17
• Art in the Garden returns to Picacho Hills May 9 with expanded lineup of local artists Organ Mountain News · May 2
• 'Picacho Hills fit the bill': Picacho Hills Country Club sale finalized - Las Cruces Sun-News Las Cruces Sun-News · Sep 4
• Picacho Hills, New Mexico Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
• Man allegedly shoots wife with shotgun at Picacho Hills home with teenage son home KFOX · Sep 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Picacho Hills Unique

• The only place in America named Picacho Hills — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Sandia Gulch Begin · Attraction
• Sandia Gulch End · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Picacho Hills

• 🏞️ Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument · National Park reviews ★
• 🏞️ Prehistoric Trackways National Monument · National Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Picacho Hills

🏘️ Nearby Communities