Mayhill, NM

Mayhill is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 96 residents. Mayhill is surrounded by the Lincoln National Forest on the eastern slope of the Sacramento Mountains, at the confluence of James Canyon and Rio Penasco, approximately 17 miles east of Cloudcroft. Mayhill is in the Cloudcroft Municipal Schools district. Mayhill'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 Mayhill's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.