Picacho Hills, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Picacho Hills, New Mexico, shaded from 3,900 ft on the east side to 4,480 ft at the foot of the Robledo Mountains
Elevation
4,480 ft 1,365 m4,330 ft 1,320 m4,260 ft 1,300 m4,120 ft 1,255 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,900 ft 1,190 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

Picacho Hills sits at about 4,040 ft (1,230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,040 ft 1,230 m
most residents: 3,970–4,290 ft
Lowest
3,900 ft 1,190 m
on the east side
Highest
4,480 ft 1,365 m
at the foot of the Robledo Mountains
Average
4,150 ft 1,265 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Picacho Hills spans about 580 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
4,040 ft1,230 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Robledo Mountains
4,480 ft1,365 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
3,900 ft1,190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Picacho Hills
4,080 ft1,245 m
Airport (LRU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
4,457 ft1,358 m
Average of all land4,150 ft1,265 m
Nearest peak
Robledo Mountain, 7.6 mi north of the CDP boundary
5,870 ft1,790 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,040 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.5 °F95.8 °C

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

Air pressure
86% of sea level

25.8 inHg (87.4 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.1% 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 Picacho Hills, New Mexico, shaded from 3,900 ft on the east side to 4,480 ft at the foot of the Robledo Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Population
1,864 2020 Census
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
575 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.3138° N, 106.8723° 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 1
88007
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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. Radium Springs3,990 ft
  4. Doña Ana3,960 ft
  5. University Park3,950 ft
  6. San Ysidro3,910 ft
  7. Tortugas3,900 ft
  8. Fairacres3,890 ft
  9. Mesilla3,890 ft
  10. San Pablo3,880 ft
  11. San Miguel3,840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Organ Peak8,850 ft
  • Big Brushy Mountain7,490 ft
  • Sugarloaf Peak6,600 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 CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²) (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts) and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 3,900 ft at 32.3096° N, 106.8563° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Picacho Hills 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.