Doña Ana County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, shaded from 3,730 ft on the south side to 8,980 ft on Organ Needle
Elevation
8,980 ft 2,735 m7,670 ft 2,335 m7,010 ft 2,135 m5,700 ft 1,735 m4,390 ft 1,335 m3,730 ft 1,135 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Doña Ana County averages about 4,450 ft (1,355 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,730 ft on the south side to 8,980 ft on Organ Needle.

Average elevation
4,450 ft 1,355 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,980 ft 2,735 m
on Organ Needle
Lowest
3,730 ft 1,135 m
on the south side

Doña Ana County spans about 5,250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,450 ft1,355 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Organ Needle (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
8,980 ft2,735 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
3,730 ft1,135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Las Cruces.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, shaded from 3,730 ft on the south side to 8,980 ft on Organ Needle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
229,366 2024 est.
Land area
3,808.2 sq mi + 6.8 sq mi water
Density
60 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Gulf of America 42%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 29%, Isaack Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Sierra County5,480 ft
  2. Otero County5,270 ft
  3. Luna County4,510 ft
  4. Doña Ana County4,450 ft
  5. El Paso County, TX4,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Organ Peak8,850 ft
  • San Andres Peak8,244 ft
  • Big Brushy Mountain7,490 ft
  • Onate Mountain7,250 ft
  • Bennett Mountain7,200 ft
All 30 towns in Doña Ana County by typical elevation
  1. Organ5,050 ft
  2. Butterfield Park4,620 ft
  3. White Sands4,350 ft
  4. Salem4,110 ft
  5. Garfield4,100 ft
  6. Placitas, Doña Ana County4,080 ft
  7. Rincon4,070 ft
  8. Rodey4,070 ft
  9. Chaparral partly4,060 ft
  10. Hatch4,060 ft
  11. Picacho Hills4,040 ft
  12. Las Cruces4,030 ft
  13. Radium Springs3,990 ft
  14. Doña Ana3,960 ft
  15. University Park3,950 ft
  16. San Ysidro3,910 ft
  17. Tortugas3,900 ft
  18. Fairacres3,890 ft
  19. Mesilla3,890 ft
  20. San Pablo3,880 ft
  21. Berino3,840 ft
  22. Mesquite3,840 ft
  23. San Miguel3,840 ft
  24. La Mesa3,830 ft
  25. Vado3,830 ft
  26. Santa Teresa3,820 ft
  27. Anthony3,820 ft
  28. Chamberino3,810 ft
  29. Sunland Park3,810 ft
  30. La Union3,790 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.