Nogal is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nogal had a population of 105. Nogal has a post office with ZIP code 88341, which opened on November 9, 1880.
Nogal is in southwestern Lincoln County, in the valley of Nogal Creek at the north end of the Sierra Blanca range. New Mexico State Road 37 passes through the community, leading northwest to Carrizozo, the county seat, and south to Ruidoso, the largest community in the county.
Carrizozo Municipal Schools is the local school district.