Truchas, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Truchas, New Mexico, shaded from 7,080 ft on the southwest side to 8,510 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
8,510 ft 2,595 m8,150 ft 2,485 m7,980 ft 2,430 m7,620 ft 2,320 m7,260 ft 2,215 m7,080 ft 2,160 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Truchas sits at about 8,050 ft (2,455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
8,050 ft 2,455 m
most residents: 7,670–8,260 ft
Lowest
7,080 ft 2,160 m
on the southwest side
Highest
8,510 ft 2,595 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
7,910 ft 2,410 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Truchas spans about 1,430 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
8,050 ft2,455 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
8,510 ft2,595 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
7,080 ft2,160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Truchas
8,050 ft2,455 m
Average of all land7,910 ft2,410 m
Nearest peak
Trampas Peak, 7.8 mi east of the CDP boundary
12,170 ft3,710 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 8,050 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
197.0 °F91.7 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
74% of sea level

22.2 inHg (75.1 kPa): each breath holds 26% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.5% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+16% 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

Topographic elevation map of Truchas, New Mexico, shaded from 7,080 ft on the southwest side to 8,510 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
Population
467 2020 Census
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
67 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0436° N, 105.8117° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
87578
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Truchas8,050 ft
  2. Peñasco7,630 ft
  3. Ojo Sarco7,430 ft
  4. Chamisal7,390 ft
  5. Rio Lucio7,310 ft
  6. Cordova6,990 ft
  7. Cundiyo6,720 ft
  8. Rio Chiquito6,490 ft
  9. Chimayo6,100 ft
  10. Dixon6,080 ft
  11. La Puebla5,850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Middle Truchas Peak13,060 ft
  • Santa Fe Baldy12,620 ft
  • Trampas Peak12,170 ft
  • Picuris Peak10,810 ft
  • Thompson Peak10,557 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.
  • Truchas 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.