Santa Fe County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
12,620 ft 3,845 m10,810 ft 3,295 m9,900 ft 3,020 m8,090 ft 2,465 m6,280 ft 1,915 m5,370 ft 1,640 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Santa Fe County averages about 6,880 ft (2,100 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,370 ft on the northwest side to 12,620 ft on Santa Fe Baldy.
Average elevation
6,880 ft 2,100 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,620 ft 3,845 m
on Santa Fe Baldy
Lowest
5,370 ft 1,640 m
on the northwest side
Santa Fe County spans about 7,250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 6,880 ft2,100 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Santa Fe Baldy (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 12,620 ft3,845 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 5,370 ft1,640 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
30 mi west to east through Santa Fe.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 157,765 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,910.4 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 83 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform regions
- Basin and Range 67%, Southern Rocky Mountains 33%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 67%, Laguna del Perro basin (does not reach the sea) 33%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Rio Arriba County7,670 ft
- Los Alamos County7,520 ft
- Mora County7,190 ft
- Santa Fe County6,880 ft
- Sandoval County6,710 ft
- Torrance County6,460 ft
- San Miguel County5,950 ft
- Bernalillo County5,940 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in New Mexico9th highest of 33
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Santa Fe Baldy12,620 ft
- Lake Peak12,413 ft
- Thompson Peak10,557 ft
- Placer Mountain8,900 ft
- South Mountain8,750 ft
All 55 towns in Santa Fe County by typical elevation
- Hyde Park7,920 ft
- Cañada de los Alamos7,600 ft
- Santa Fe Foothills7,520 ft
- Glorieta7,470 ft
- Valencia, Santa Fe County7,380 ft
- La Cueva7,220 ft
- Cañoncito7,210 ft
- Sunlit Hills7,180 ft
- Encantado7,130 ft
- San Pedro7,100 ft
- Rio en Medio7,060 ft
- Conejo6,990 ft
- Seton Village6,980 ft
- Tano Road6,960 ft
- Arroyo Hondo, Santa Fe County6,940 ft
- Chupadero6,940 ft
- Tesuque6,930 ft
- Barton partly6,840 ft
- Cedar Grove6,800 ft
- Santa Fe6,740 ft
- Eldorado at Santa Fe6,730 ft
- Cundiyo6,720 ft
- Thunder Mountain6,700 ft
- La Tierra6,690 ft
- Tres Arroyos6,670 ft
- Las Campanas6,650 ft
- Peak Place6,650 ft
- Golden6,650 ft
- Agua Fria6,620 ft
- Edgewood6,590 ft
- Lamy6,530 ft
- Rio Chiquito6,490 ft
- Tesuque Pueblo6,410 ft
- Stanley6,340 ft
- Valle Vista6,290 ft
- Cuyamungue Grant6,190 ft
- La Cienega6,160 ft
- Chimayo partly6,100 ft
- Madrid6,060 ft
- Nambe6,050 ft
- Galisteo6,050 ft
- Cuyamungue5,950 ft
- Pojoaque5,920 ft
- La Puebla5,850 ft
- El Valle de Arroyo Seco5,820 ft
- Jacona5,780 ft
- Cuartelez5,770 ft
- Jaconita5,760 ft
- Santa Cruz5,710 ft
- Sombrillo5,700 ft
- Los Cerrillos5,700 ft
- El Rancho5,650 ft
- Española partly5,630 ft
- San Ildefonso Pueblo5,550 ft
- La Bajada5,470 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.