Distances from Farmington, NM to nearby and major US cities
Drive times and estimated fuel costs from Farmington, NM to the towns around it and to the major cities most people head for. Pick any row for the full route.
Farmington, NM sits in New Mexico, on Denver time, at 36.73° north and 108.22° west. The nearest place of any size is Gallup, NM, about 102 miles away — roughly 2 hr 2 min of driving.
Counting only places above twenty thousand people, 6 are within three hours' driving of Farmington, NM and 59 within six — which is a better measure of how connected a town is than its position on a map. The nearest city of real size is Albuquerque, NM, about 166 miles out.
The two lists below answer different questions. The first is what is physically close, which is what you want for an errand or a day out. The second is the major cities people actually drive to from here, which is usually a longer trip and a different kind of plan. Every figure is an estimated road distance rather than a routed one, and every drive time assumes free-flowing traffic with no allowance for a stop — how the estimate works. For a pair that is not listed here, the calculator will work out any two US cities.
Which way the driving goes from Farmington, NM
Reachable places are rarely spread evenly around a town, and they are not around Farmington, NM. Of everything above twenty thousand people within three hours' drive, the largest share — 5 of 6 — lies to the southeast, with 1 to the south. That asymmetry is usually geography rather than road building: coastline, a state line, mountains or simply empty country in one direction and settlement in another.
6 of those places are in New Mexico and 0 are across a state line, which matters more than the mileage does. Speed limits, phone rules and what you may do at a red light are all set state by state, so a drive of the same length can be governed by two sets of rules or by one. The state-by-state differences are set out separately.
The major-city list below spans a wide range: Phoenix, AZ is about 365 miles out, roughly 6 hr 5 min of driving, while Queens, NY is around 2,160 miles — a different order of trip entirely, and one to plan in stages rather than as a day. 2 of the 10 routes below have a page of their own, with the towns along the way and how flying compares.
One thing none of these figures account for: the distance is the same in both directions but the drive often is not. A route that climbs on the way out descends on the way back, rush hour is in one direction in the morning and the other in the evening, and a mountain pass can be open one way and closed the other in winter. The estimate here is symmetrical because the road is; the day is not. For a long haul out of Farmington, NM, the road safety guides cover the part the mileage leaves out.
Closest cities to Farmington, NM
- Gallup, NM 102 mi · 2 hr 2 min
- Enchanted Hills, NM 153 mi · 2 hr 33 min
- Rio Rancho, NM 157 mi · 2 hr 37 min
- Albuquerque, NM 166 mi · 2 hr 46 min
- Santa Fe, NM 169 mi · 2 hr 49 min
- South Valley, NM 170 mi · 2 hr 50 min
- Grand Junction, CO 188 mi · 3 hr 8 min
- Flagstaff, AZ 254 mi · 4 hr 14 min
- Pueblo West, CO 257 mi · 4 hr 17 min
- Pueblo, CO 260 mi · 4 hr 20 min
Major cities from Farmington, NM
- Phoenix, AZ 365 mi · 6 hr 5 min
- Las Vegas, NV 448 mi · 7 hr 7 min
- Los Angeles, CA 689 mi · 10 hr 56 min
- Houston, TX 1025 mi · 16 hr 16 min
- Chicago, IL 1336 mi · 21 hr 13 min
- Philadelphia, PA 2082 mi · 33 hr 3 min
- New York City, NY 2149 mi · 34 hr 7 min
- Manhattan, NY 2151 mi · 34 hr 9 min
- Brooklyn, NY 2153 mi · 34 hr 10 min
- Queens, NY 2160 mi · 34 hr 17 min