White Rock, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White Rock, New Mexico, shaded from 5,410 ft on the south side to 6,550 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
6,550 ft 2,000 m6,270 ft 1,910 m6,120 ft 1,865 m5,840 ft 1,780 m5,550 ft 1,690 m5,410 ft 1,650 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

White Rock sits at about 6,360 ft (1,940 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,360 ft 1,940 m
most residents: 6,310–6,480 ft
Lowest
5,410 ft 1,650 m
on the south side
Highest
6,550 ft 2,000 m
on the southwest side
Average
6,190 ft 1,885 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

White Rock spans about 1,140 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
6,360 ft1,940 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
6,550 ft2,000 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
5,410 ft1,650 m
Town center
USGS map point for White Rock
6,360 ft1,940 m
Airport (LAM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
7,171 ft2,186 m
Average of all land6,190 ft1,885 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,360 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.2 °F93.4 °C

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

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.7 inHg (80.1 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+13% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White Rock, New Mexico, shaded from 5,410 ft on the south side to 6,550 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States
Population
5,852 2020 Census
Land area
7.1 sq mi
Density
828 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.8275° N, 106.2039° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Los Alamos (LAM) 7,171 ft
ZIP codes 2
87544 87547
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Los Alamos7,290 ft
  2. La Tierra6,690 ft
  3. White Rock6,360 ft
  4. Cuyamungue5,950 ft
  5. Pojoaque5,920 ft
  6. Jacona5,780 ft
  7. Jaconita5,760 ft
  8. El Rancho5,650 ft
  9. Santa Clara Pueblo5,630 ft
  10. La Mesilla5,600 ft
  11. San Ildefonso Pueblo5,550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Santa Fe Baldy12,620 ft
  • Chicoma Mountain11,561 ft
  • Redondo Peak11,258 ft
  • Thompson Peak10,557 ft
  • Cerros del Abrigo10,280 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.
  • White Rock 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.