Pinedale, New Mexico

Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

Paddy Martinez, the Navajo American man who discovered high grade uranium ore that initiated the Grants, New Mexico uranium mining boom was born in Pinedale.

Education
Pinedale Chapter 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.