Pinedale, NM

Pinedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 485 residents. Pinedale is in west-central McKinley County, 14 miles by road northeast of Church Rock and 22 miles northeast of Gallup, the county seat. Pinedale is served by Navajo Route 11. Pinedale is served by three local school systems, they are Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. BIE operated schools Wingate Elementary School, Mariano Lake Community School, and Wingate High School. The through line in Pinedale is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Pinedale makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Pinedale includes the community sits at the northern base of Fallen Timber Ridge.