Medanales, NM

Medanales is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 224 residents. The community is located on the Chama River near U.S. Route 84, 14 miles north-northwest of Española. Medanales is in Española Public Schools. The comprehensive public high school is Española Valley High School. The through line in Medanales is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Medanales makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.