Ruidoso Downs, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,450 ft 2,270 m7,130 ft 2,170 m6,970 ft 2,125 m6,640 ft 2,025 m6,320 ft 1,925 m6,160 ft 1,875 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ruidoso Downs sits at about 6,440 ft (1,960 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,440 ft 1,960 m
most residents: 6,300–6,560 ft
Lowest
6,160 ft 1,875 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,450 ft 2,270 m
at the foot of the Sierra Blanca
Average
6,520 ft 1,990 m
all land inside city limits
Ruidoso Downs spans about 1,290 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 | 6,440 ft1,960 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Sierra Blanca | 7,450 ft2,270 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 6,160 ft1,875 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruidoso Downs | 6,420 ft1,955 m |
| Average of all land | 6,520 ft1,990 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,440 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.0 °F93.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.6 inHg (79.9 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 2,627 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Density
- 693 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.3290° N, 105.6044° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Hondo → Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 88346
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cloudcroft8,760 ft
- Twin Forks7,820 ft
- Mescalero7,130 ft
- Ruidoso6,890 ft
- Nogal6,850 ft
- High Rolls6,770 ft
- Capitan6,550 ft
- Ruidoso Downs6,440 ft
- Bent5,900 ft
- Carrizozo5,420 ft
- Tularosa4,520 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico184th highest of 528
- Towns in Lincoln County5th highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sierra Blanca Peak11,981 ft
- Carrizo Mountain9,620 ft
- West Mountain8,770 ft
- Tucson Mountain8,310 ft
- Cub Mountain7,870 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.