Taos Ski Valley, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
12,560 ft 3,830 m11,640 ft 3,550 m11,190 ft 3,410 m10,270 ft 3,130 m9,350 ft 2,850 m8,890 ft 2,710 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.
- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Taos Ski Valley sits at about 11,150 ft (3,400 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
11,150 ft 3,400 m
most residents: 9,000–11,150 ft
Lowest
8,890 ft 2,710 m
on the west side
Highest
12,560 ft 3,830 m
at the foot of the Cimarron Range
Average
10,680 ft 3,255 m
all land inside village limits
Taos Ski Valley spans about 3,670 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 | 11,150 ft3,400 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, at the foot of the Cimarron Range | 12,560 ft3,830 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the west side | 8,890 ft2,710 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Taos Ski Valley | 9,330 ft2,845 m |
| Average of all land | 10,680 ft3,255 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 11,150 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
191.2 °F88.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
66% of sea level
19.7 inHg (66.6 kPa): each breath holds 34% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
13.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+22% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Taos County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 82 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Density
- 29 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.5960° N, 105.4545° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87525
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Taos Ski Valley11,150 ft
- Red River8,680 ft
- Angel Fire8,620 ft
- Eagle Nest8,250 ft
- Arroyo Seco7,630 ft
- Questa7,590 ft
- San Cristobal7,370 ft
- Taos Pueblo7,110 ft
- Ranchos de Taos6,960 ft
- Taos6,950 ft
- Arroyo Hondo6,830 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexicohighest of 528
- Towns in Taos Countyhighest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Wheeler Peak13,167 ft
- Gold Hill12,690 ft
- Baldy Mountain12,430 ft
- Pueblo Peak12,150 ft
- Capulin Peak, Taos County10,440 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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.