West Mesa

The West Mesa is an elevated landmass lying west of the Rio Grande stretching from south of Albuquerque northward to Bernalillo in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

View of downtown Albuquerque and the Manzano Mountains from the West Mesa

The eastern edge of the West Mesa is defined by an escarpment that borders the Rio Grande floodplain. The West Mesa also serves as the easternmost extent of the Colorado Plateau in this region. The western edge of the mesa is the Rio Puerco near the Laguna Pueblo about 20 miles (32 km) west of Albuquerque. A large portion of the West Mesa is part of Petroglyph National Monument and is bisected by Interstate 40 and Historic Route 66. Atrisco Vista (previously named Paseo del Volcan) (NM 347) runs north-south on the West Mesa, connecting I-40/US-66 to Double Eagle II Airport.

There are numerous subdivisions with new homes being built on the lower portion of the West Mesa as the City of Albuquerque continues to expand further to the west. Further west on the mesa are the mobile home communities of Pajarito, located to the south of I-40, and Lost Horizon, located about 1/2 mile north of I-40 and 3 miles west of the Paseo del Volcan interchange.

The Bernalillo County Correctional Facility and the Sandia Motor Speedway are located on the West Mesa, several miles south of Interstate 40. The National Weather Service operates a WSR-88D NEXRAD radar site on the West Mesa near Double Eagle II Airport.

Subdivisions

Year	Population
1980	39,602
1990	69,700
2000	114,552
2010	184,996
^{Includes West Mesa region only}

The major subdivisions in the West Mesa area of Albuquerque are:

Anderson Heights
Cottonwood Height
Desert Spring Flower
Eagle Ranch
El Rancho Grande
Grande Heights
La Luz
Ladera West
Laurelwood
Los Volcanes
Montecito Estates
Paradise Greens
Paradise Hills
Rancho Sereno
Rolling Hills
Saltillo
Seville
Skies West
Stonebridge Pointe
Stormcloud
Sunrise
Taylor Ranch
The Trails
Ventana Ranch
Ventana Ranch West
Vista Sandia
Volcano Cliffs
West Gate (ADDTN 1-12)
West Gate Heights
West Gate Vecinos

There are four high schools in the region: Atrisco Heritage High School, Cibola High School, Volcano Vista High School, and West Mesa High School.

Locations and geographic features located at the West Mesa

Double Eagle II Airport
West Mesa Airport (now defunct)
Nine Mile Hill
Village of Lost Horizon (part of the former West Mesa Air Force Station)
Petroglyph National Monument
Shooting Range Park – a public shooting range owned and operated by the City of Albuquerque
Bernalillo County Correctional Facility
Sandia Motor Speedway
West Mesa murders gravesite

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