Pinon, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,290 ft 1,915 m6,150 ft 1,875 m6,090 ft 1,855 m5,950 ft 1,815 m5,820 ft 1,775 m5,750 ft 1,755 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Pinon sits at about 5,990 ft (1,825 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,990 ft 1,825 m
few residents
Lowest
5,750 ft 1,755 m
on the east side
Highest
6,280 ft 1,915 m
at the foot of the Collins Hills
Average
6,000 ft 1,830 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Pinon spans about 530 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 5,990 ft1,825 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Collins Hills | 6,280 ft1,915 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 5,750 ft1,755 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Pinon | 6,060 ft1,845 m |
| Average of all land | 6,000 ft1,830 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,990 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.9 °F93.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.0 inHg (81.2 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 24 2020 Census
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Density
- 5 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.6182° N, 105.3944° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Pinon Creek → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 88344
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cloudcroft8,760 ft
- Twin Forks7,820 ft
- Sacramento7,680 ft
- Weed7,300 ft
- Timberon7,120 ft
- Mayhill7,050 ft
- High Rolls6,770 ft
- Pinon5,990 ft
- La Luz4,680 ft
- Alamogordo4,400 ft
- Boles Acres4,110 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico254th highest of 528
- Towns in Otero County9th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sierra Blanca Peak11,981 ft
- Wind Mountain7,269 ft
- Bennett Mountain7,200 ft
- Chimney Peak7,060 ft
- Alamo Mountain6,670 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.
- Pinon 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.