La Bajada, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Bajada, New Mexico, shaded from 5,460 ft on the west side to 5,530 ft at the foot of the Cerrillos Hills
Elevation
5,530 ft 1,685 m5,510 ft 1,680 m5,500 ft 1,680 m5,480 ft 1,670 m5,470 ft 1,665 m5,460 ft 1,665 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

La Bajada sits at about 5,470 ft (1,670 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
5,470 ft 1,670 m
few residents
Lowest
5,460 ft 1,665 m
on the west side
Highest
5,530 ft 1,685 m
at the foot of the Cerrillos Hills
Average
5,480 ft 1,670 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

La Bajada spans about 70 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
5,470 ft1,670 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Cerrillos Hills
5,530 ft1,685 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
5,460 ft1,665 m
Town center
USGS map point for La Bajada
5,500 ft1,675 m
Airport (SAF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.4 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
6,349 ft1,935 m
Average of all land5,480 ft1,670 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 5,470 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
201.8 °F94.3 °C

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

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.5 inHg (82.8 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.1% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+11% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Bajada, New Mexico, shaded from 5,460 ft on the west side to 5,530 ft at the foot of the Cerrillos Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Population
26 2020 Census
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
150 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.5561° N, 106.2409° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Santa Fe Regional (SAF) 6,349 ft
ZIP codes 1
87507
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Agua Fria6,620 ft
  2. Valle Vista6,290 ft
  3. La Cienega6,160 ft
  4. Madrid6,060 ft
  5. Los Cerrillos5,700 ft
  6. Cochiti Lake5,600 ft
  7. La Bajada5,470 ft
  8. Cochiti5,270 ft
  9. Peña Blanca5,210 ft
  10. Santo Domingo Pueblo5,190 ft
  11. San Felipe Pueblo5,160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Redondo Peak11,258 ft
  • Sandia Crest10,670 ft
  • Thompson Peak10,557 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.
  • La Bajada 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.