Mesilla, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mesilla, New Mexico, shaded from 3,870 ft on the southwest side to 3,920 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
3,920 ft 1,195 m3,910 ft 1,190 m3,900 ft 1,190 m3,890 ft 1,185 m3,880 ft 1,180 m3,870 ft 1,180 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mesilla sits at about 3,890 ft (1,185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,890 ft 1,185 m
most residents: 3,880–3,890 ft
Lowest
3,870 ft 1,180 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,920 ft 1,195 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,880 ft 1,185 m
all land inside town limits

Mesilla spans about 50 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
3,890 ft1,185 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
3,920 ft1,195 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
3,870 ft1,180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mesilla
3,880 ft1,185 m
Airport (LRU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.1 mi west of the town limits
4,457 ft1,358 m
Average of all land3,880 ft1,185 m

Altitude Effects

What 3,890 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.8 °F96.0 °C

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

Air pressure
87% of sea level

26.0 inHg (87.9 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.2% 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

Topographic elevation map of Mesilla, New Mexico, shaded from 3,870 ft on the southwest side to 3,920 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Population
1,828 2024 est.
Land area
5.7 sq mi
Density
322 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.2701° N, 106.8008° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Las Cruces International (LRU) 4,457 ft
ZIP codes 2
88005 88046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Picacho Hills4,040 ft
  2. Las Cruces4,030 ft
  3. Doña Ana3,960 ft
  4. University Park3,950 ft
  5. San Ysidro3,910 ft
  6. Tortugas3,900 ft
  7. Fairacres3,890 ft
  8. Mesilla3,890 ft
  9. San Pablo3,880 ft
  10. Mesquite3,840 ft
  11. San Miguel3,840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Organ Peak8,850 ft
  • Bennett Mountain7,200 ft
  • Mount Riley5,907 ft
  • Robledo Mountain5,870 ft
  • Doña Ana Peak5,822 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.