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Raton Pass
- Tonight
- 46°FRain showers and thunder · Wind 15 mph S
Raton Pass is a mountain pass at 2,351 m in New Mexico, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 2,351 m
- Lowest point
- 2,223 m / 2,187 m
Raton Pass 3D map
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Raton Pass topographic map
25 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Raton Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Raton Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Raton Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: Old Raton Pass Road
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Raton Pass weather
Tonight · Rain showers and thunder · 46°F (8°C) · 71% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph S
Raton Pass forecast for about 2,423 m.
- Tonight46°71%15 mph S
- Sat37°50°99%10–15 mph E
- Sun38°51°67%5–15 mph S
- Mon37°52°16%5 mph SW
- Tue36°57°2%10–15 mph S
- Wed37°57°3%10 mph SW
- Thu38°54°12%10 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Raton Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Raton Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km SE
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km SE |
| Parking | 0.7 km ENE |
| Fishers Peak Rest AreaParking | 1.9 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.1% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 678 m low point 2,135 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 206 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine39
- Gambel Oak11
- Sawsepal Beardtongue8
- Scarlet Gilia6
- Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany6
- Colorado Pinyon6
Where Raton Pass sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Sangre de Cristo Mountains4
- Region
- New Mexico13United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia