Old Town, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Old Town, New Mexico, shaded from 4,730 ft on the south side to 5,930 ft on Taylor Mountain
Elevation
5,930 ft 1,805 m5,630 ft 1,715 m5,480 ft 1,670 m5,180 ft 1,580 m4,880 ft 1,490 m4,730 ft 1,445 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Old Town sits at about 4,880 ft (1,485 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,880 ft 1,485 m
few residents
Lowest
4,730 ft 1,445 m
on the south side
Highest
5,930 ft 1,805 m
on Taylor Mountain
Average
4,900 ft 1,495 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Old Town spans about 1,200 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
4,880 ft1,485 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Taylor Mountain
5,930 ft1,805 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
4,730 ft1,445 m
Town center
USGS map point for Old Town
4,970 ft1,515 m
Airport (SVC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi west of the CDP boundary
5,446 ft1,660 m
Average of all land4,900 ft1,495 m
Nearest peak
Whitehorse Mountain, 8.1 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
7,561 ft2,305 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,880 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
202.9 °F95.0 °C

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

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.0 inHg (84.7 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.5% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+10% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Old Town, New Mexico, shaded from 4,730 ft on the south side to 5,930 ft on Taylor Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Luna County, New Mexico, United States
Population
27 2020 Census
Land area
12.7 sq mi
Density
2 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.5531° N, 107.9148° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Mimbres River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Grant County (SVC) 5,446 ft
ZIP codes 1
88030
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hanover6,410 ft
  2. Cobre5,990 ft
  3. Santa Clara5,970 ft
  4. Casas Adobes5,830 ft
  5. Bayard5,820 ft
  6. San Lorenzo5,710 ft
  7. Hurley5,700 ft
  8. North Hurley5,690 ft
  9. Faywood5,190 ft
  10. Old Town4,880 ft
  11. Keeler Farm4,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hillsboro10,015 ft
  • Sawyers Peak9,660 ft
  • Cookes Peak8,411 ft
  • Pinos Altos Mountain8,120 ft
  • Whitehorse Mountain7,561 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.
  • Old Town 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.