Catron County Area Information

Catron County is centrally located on the state's western border, right on the Continental Divide. It lies in the heart of some of the most spectacular country in the Southwest, just to the north of the Gila Wilderness area, the oldest declared wilderness in the U.S. The terrain consists predominately of mountain and high mesas with extensive plain regions in the north and east.

Photo courtesy of Arthur Drooker, who took it as part of his Pie Town Revisited project.

Catron County is New Mexico's largest county and has a land area that encompasses 6,928 square miles. More than half the land is designated as one of three national forests (Gila, Cibola, and Apache), making the population density only 0.5 persons per square mile. The 2012 population estimate is 3,662, with 31.7% of them 65 years of age or older. For more census information, such as race, education, and income, see the U.S. Census Bureau Web site.

Free Local News Paper

• The Catron Courier

Stores

• Top of the World General Store and Laundromat, Pie Town
• Pie Town Homestead
• The Country Store, Quemado
• Rito Quemado, Quemado
• Eagle Guest Ranch, Datil

Licensed Contractors and Services

• Ag Country Propane, Quemado
• Bright Enterprises LLC, Website Services
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• Hawkes Fridge Storage LLC, Pie Town
• Astronomy
• Stool Bus LLC (septic system pumping, installation, and repair), Pie Town

Well Drilling

• Caraway Drilling, Pie Town 575.772.2650 or 800.561.8982

Restaurants

• Largo Café, Quemado
• Café Chubascos, Quemado
• Eagle Guest Ranch, Datil
• Pie Town Pies, Pie Town

Lodging

• Largo Motel and Cafe, Quemado
• Eagle Guest Ranch, Datil

Attractions and Events

• Pie Town Community Event Calendar (Includes Quemado and Datil)
• The Pie Town Annual Pie Festival
• The Very Large Array
• The Lightning Field

Outdoor Recreation

• Cibola National Forest
• Gila National Forest
• El Malpais National Monument
• El Morro National Monument
• Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests
• Sunrise Park Ski Resort (82 miles)