| Official Name: | Haystack, New Mexico |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Haystack |
| Coordinates: | 35.3517°N -107.9311°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: | 4.27 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.26 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.06 |
| Area Land Km2: | 11.04 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 233 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 54.67 |
| Population Density Km2: | 21.11 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7031 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 87045 (Prewitt) |
| Area Code: | 505 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 35-31925 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806718 |
Haystack is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 233.[2]
Haystack was a significant area of uranium mining during the mid-20th century.
The community is in the southeastern part of the county, 7miles east of Prewitt. Haystack Mountain, elevation, is a mesa that rises above the surrounding land in the west part of the CDP. County Road 23 (Haystack Road) forms the southern edge of the CDP, and County Road 41 (Red Mountain Road) runs north-south through the CDP.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Haystack CDP has an area of 4.27sqmi, of which 0.007sqmi, or 0.16%, are water.[1] The area drains south toward San Mateo Creek and the Rio San Jose, part of the Rio Puerco watershed leading southeast to the Rio Grande.
Haystack was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[3]