Golden, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Golden, New Mexico, shaded from 6,260 ft on the northwest side to 7,890 ft at the foot of the San Pedro Mountains
Elevation
7,890 ft 2,405 m7,480 ft 2,280 m7,280 ft 2,220 m6,870 ft 2,095 m6,460 ft 1,970 m6,260 ft 1,905 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Golden sits at about 6,650 ft (2,025 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
6,650 ft 2,025 m
few residents
Lowest
6,260 ft 1,905 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,890 ft 2,405 m
at the foot of the San Pedro Mountains
Average
6,700 ft 2,040 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Golden spans about 1,630 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
6,650 ft2,025 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the San Pedro Mountains
7,890 ft2,405 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
6,260 ft1,905 m
Town center
USGS map point for Golden
6,640 ft2,025 m
Average of all land6,700 ft2,040 m
Nearest peak
Placer Mountain, 4.3 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
8,900 ft2,713 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,650 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.6 °F93.1 °C

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

Air pressure
78% of sea level

23.4 inHg (79.2 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 Golden, New Mexico, shaded from 6,260 ft on the northwest side to 7,890 ft at the foot of the San Pedro Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Population
19 2020 Census
Land area
6.7 sq mi
Density
3 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2670° N, 106.2139° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
87047
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. San Pedro7,100 ft
  2. Sandia Park7,050 ft
  3. San Antonito6,980 ft
  4. Cedar Grove6,800 ft
  5. Sandia Knolls6,760 ft
  6. Paa-Ko6,740 ft
  7. La Madera6,660 ft
  8. Golden6,650 ft
  9. Madrid6,060 ft
  10. Los Cerrillos5,700 ft
  11. Placitas5,650 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 median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Golden 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.