Edgewood, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edgewood, New Mexico, shaded from 6,330 ft on the northwest side to 8,750 ft on South Mountain
Elevation
8,750 ft 2,665 m8,150 ft 2,485 m7,840 ft 2,390 m7,240 ft 2,205 m6,640 ft 2,025 m6,330 ft 1,930 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Edgewood sits at about 6,590 ft (2,010 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,590 ft 2,010 m
most residents: 6,500–6,820 ft
Lowest
6,330 ft 1,930 m
on the northwest side
Highest
8,750 ft 2,665 m
on South Mountain
Average
6,790 ft 2,070 m
all land inside town limits

Edgewood spans about 2,420 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,590 ft2,010 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on South Mountain
8,750 ft2,665 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
6,330 ft1,930 m
Town center
USGS map point for Edgewood
6,650 ft2,025 m
Airport (1N1)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
6,565 ft2,001 m
Average of all land6,790 ft2,070 m
Nearest peak
Sandia Crest, 6.8 mi northwest of the town limits
10,670 ft3,255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,590 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.7 °F93.2 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
78% of sea level

23.4 inHg (79.4 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.4% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+13% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edgewood, New Mexico, shaded from 6,330 ft on the northwest side to 8,750 ft on South Mountain
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties, New Mexico, United States
Population
6,170 2024 est.
Land area
56.8 sq mi
Density
109 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.0614° N, 106.1914° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Laguna del Perro basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Sandia Airpark Estates East (1N1) 6,565 ft
ZIP codes 2
87015 87047
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ponderosa Pine7,600 ft
  2. Cedro7,280 ft
  3. Sedillo7,080 ft
  4. Manzano Springs7,020 ft
  5. Barton6,840 ft
  6. Cedar Grove6,800 ft
  7. Sandia Knolls6,760 ft
  8. Thunder Mountain6,700 ft
  9. Edgewood6,590 ft
  10. Indian Hills6,440 ft
  11. Moriarty6,220 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sandia Crest10,670 ft
  • Thompson Peak10,557 ft
  • Bosque Peak9,620 ft
  • Placer Mountain8,900 ft
  • South Mountain8,750 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.