La Junta Gardens, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,090 ft 1,245 m4,080 ft 1,245 m4,080 ft 1,240 m4,070 ft 1,240 m4,060 ft 1,235 m4,060 ft 1,235 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
La Junta Gardens sits at about 4,070 ft (1,240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,070 ft 1,240 m
most residents: 4,060–4,070 ft
Lowest
4,060 ft 1,235 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,080 ft 1,245 m
on the northeast side
Average
4,070 ft 1,240 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
La Junta Gardens is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,070 ft1,240 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 4,080 ft1,245 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 4,060 ft1,235 m |
| Town center USGS map point for La Junta Gardens | 4,070 ft1,240 m |
| Airport (LHX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 4,229 ft1,289 m |
| Average of all land | 4,070 ft1,240 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,070 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.4 °F95.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.3 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Otero County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 123 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 231 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.9995° N, 103.5536° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- La Junta Municipal (LHX) 4,229 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81050
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Crowley4,350 ft
- Ordway4,320 ft
- Sugar City4,300 ft
- Manzanola4,270 ft
- Rocky Ford4,190 ft
- Cheraw4,130 ft
- Swink4,120 ft
- La Junta4,110 ft
- La Junta Gardens4,070 ft
- North La Junta4,050 ft
- Las Animas3,900 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado453rd highest of 484
- Towns in Otero County7th highest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Miller Mesa, Otero County4,440 ft
- Meredith Hill4,404 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- La Junta Gardens is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.