New Mexico - Albuquerque Sunset Cam Wide View from South Sandia Foothills

Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, sits in the high desert at 4,900 feet (1,490 m) above sea level near the Rio Grande (in the Valley) to over 6,700 feet (1,950 m) in the foothill areas.  Old Town Albuquerque, dating to the city’s 1706 founding as a Spanish colony.