Black Hat is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12.
The community is in the western part of McKinley County, along New Mexico State Road 264. It is northwest of Gallup, southeast of Tse Bonito, and southeast of Window Rock, Arizona, the seat of government of the Navajo Nation.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Black Hat CDP has an area of , all land.
Black Hat was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.