Tularosa, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

4,650 ft 1,415 m4,590 ft 1,400 m4,560 ft 1,390 m4,510 ft 1,375 m4,450 ft 1,355 m4,420 ft 1,350 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Tularosa sits at about 4,520 ft (1,375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

4,520 ft 1,375 m

most residents: 4,470–4,570 ft

Lowest

4,420 ft 1,350 m

on the southwest side

Highest

4,650 ft 1,415 m

at the foot of the Coyote Hills

Average

4,510 ft 1,375 m

all land inside village limits

Tularosa spans about 230 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	4,520 ft1,375 m
Highest point Inside village limits, at the foot of the Coyote Hills	4,650 ft1,415 m
Lowest point Inside village limits, on the southwest side	4,420 ft1,350 m
Town center USGS map point for Tularosa	4,510 ft1,375 m
Average of all land	4,510 ft1,375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,520 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

203.6 °F95.3 °C

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

Air pressure

85% of sea level

25.3 inHg (85.8 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

17.7% at sea level

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

Sunburn

+9% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Location: Village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States
Population: 2,632 2024 est.
Land area: 2.8 sq mi
Density: 934 per sq mi
Coordinates: 33.0740° N, 106.0186° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Basin and Range
Drains to: Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 1: 88352

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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
High Rolls6,770 ft
Bent5,900 ft
La Luz4,680 ft
Tularosa4,520 ft
Alamogordo4,400 ft
Boles Acres4,110 ft
Holloman AFB4,070 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in New Mexico428th highest of 528
Towns in Otero County12th highest of 17

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Sierra Blanca Peak11,981 ft
Salinas Peak8,967 ft
Cub Mountain7,870 ft
Capitol Peak7,080 ft
Sheep Mountain6,940 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.