Chaparral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana and Otero counties, New Mexico.

[5] Its southern border is the Texas state line, the northern limit of the city of El Paso.

Chaparral is geographically isolated from the rest of Doña Ana County due to its location on the east side of the Franklin Mountains.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Chaparral CDP has a total area of 59.2 square miles (153.4 km2), all land.

Commercial air and rail transportation are available in the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas.