Pinos Altos, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,240 ft 2,205 m7,140 ft 2,175 m7,080 ft 2,160 m6,980 ft 2,130 m6,880 ft 2,095 m6,830 ft 2,080 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pinos Altos sits at about 6,980 ft (2,130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,980 ft 2,130 m
most residents: 6,920–7,060 ft
Lowest
6,830 ft 2,080 m
on the north side
Highest
7,240 ft 2,205 m
at the foot of the Pinos Altos Range
Average
6,980 ft 2,130 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Pinos Altos spans about 410 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 6,980 ft2,130 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Pinos Altos Range | 7,240 ft2,205 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side | 6,830 ft2,080 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Pinos Altos | 7,020 ft2,140 m |
| Airport (94E) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.6 mi south of the CDP boundary | 6,126 ft1,867 m |
| Average of all land | 6,980 ft2,130 m |
| Nearest peak Signal Peak, 3.9 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 8,940 ft2,725 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,980 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.0 °F92.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
77% of sea level
23.1 inHg (78.2 kPa): each breath holds 23% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+14% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Grant County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 225 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 298 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.8634° N, 108.2214° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Whiskey Creek (94E) 6,126 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 88053
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pinos Altos6,980 ft
- Hanover6,410 ft
- Little Walnut Village6,280 ft
- Arenas Valley6,040 ft
- Rosedale6,030 ft
- Silver City6,010 ft
- Cobre5,990 ft
- Santa Clara5,970 ft
- Bayard5,820 ft
- Tyrone5,780 ft
- North Hurley5,690 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico90th highest of 528
- Towns in Grant Countyhighest of 26
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Signal Peak8,940 ft
- Tadpole Ridge8,610 ft
- Pinos Altos Mountain8,120 ft
- Bear Mountain8,030 ft
- Whitehorse Mountain7,561 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).
- 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.
- Pinos Altos 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.