| Official Name: | Purty Rock, New Mexico |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Purty Rock |
| Coordinates: | 35.4903°N -108.8958°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | McKinley |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.02 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 163 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 139.79 |
| Population Density Km2: | 53.96 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation Ft: | 6365 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
| Postal Code: | 87301 (Gallup) 87319 (Mentmore) |
| Area Code: | 505 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 35-60327 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806730 |
Purty Rock is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The CDP is in the western part of the county, on the south side of the valley of the Puerco River, a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado River. Purty Rock, a 6925feet butte, is 4miles to the south. The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Defiance along a former alignment of U.S. Route 66. Interstate 40 passes through the CDP, with access from Exit 16, 3miles to the east, or from Exit 8, 4miles to the southwest. Gallup, the McKinley county seat, is 9miles to the east.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[2]
Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manualito Middle School, and Gallup High School.[3]