Deer Canyon, NM

Deer Canyon is a census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 74 residents. Deer Canyon was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in the southwestern part of the county, at the base of 400-foot-high cliffs that rise to the southeast. Deer Canyon's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider New Mexico setting. The local scoop is how Deer Canyon's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Deer Canyon is 7 miles south of Mountainair and 70 miles southeast of Albuquerque.