Santa Fe Foothills, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,400 ft 2,560 m8,070 ft 2,460 m7,910 ft 2,410 m7,580 ft 2,310 m7,250 ft 2,210 m7,080 ft 2,160 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
Santa Fe Foothills sits at about 7,520 ft (2,295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,520 ft 2,295 m
most residents: 7,270–7,810 ft
Lowest
7,080 ft 2,160 m
on the northwest side
Highest
8,400 ft 2,560 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
7,580 ft 2,310 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Santa Fe Foothills spans about 1,320 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 | 7,520 ft2,295 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside | 8,400 ft2,560 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 7,080 ft2,160 m |
| Airport (SAF) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.0 mi west of the CDP boundary | 6,349 ft1,935 m |
| Average of all land | 7,580 ft2,310 m |
| Nearest peak Thompson Peak, 4.1 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 10,557 ft3,218 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the middle of Santa Fe Foothills.
Altitude Effects
What 7,520 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.0 °F92.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.6 inHg (76.6 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 1,074 2020 Census
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- Density
- 130 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.6227° N, 105.8930° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Santa Fe Regional (SAF) 6,349 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 87505
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hyde Park7,920 ft
- Cañada de los Alamos7,600 ft
- Santa Fe Foothills7,520 ft
- Valencia, Santa Fe County7,380 ft
- Cañoncito7,210 ft
- Sunlit Hills7,180 ft
- Conejo6,990 ft
- Seton Village6,980 ft
- Arroyo Hondo, Santa Fe County6,940 ft
- Santa Fe6,740 ft
- Eldorado at Santa Fe6,730 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico26th highest of 528
- Towns in Santa Fe County3rd highest of 52
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Middle Truchas Peak13,060 ft
- Santa Fe Baldy12,620 ft
- Thompson Peak10,557 ft
- Hermit Peak10,267 ft
- Placer Mountain8,900 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.
- Santa Fe Foothills 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.