Official Name: | Paradise Hills, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico |
Pushpin Label: | Paradise Hills |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bernalillo |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.65 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.65 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 4329 |
Population Density Km2: | 1634.37 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 4231.67 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5335 |
Coordinates: | 35.1981°N -106.7025°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-55270 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2584172 |
Paradise Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 4,256 at the 2010 census.[2] It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Paradise Hills is located in northern Bernalillo County on high ground rising to the west of the valley of the Rio Grande. The unincorporated CDP is entirely surrounded by the city of Albuquerque. Paradise Hills is bordered to the east by the Paradise Hills Golf Course, formerly known as Desert Greens Golf Course.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.6km2, all land.[2]
It is zoned to Albuquerque Public Schools.[3]
Kirk Douglas' film production company, Joel Productions, filmed the movie Lonely Are the Brave on location in Paradise Hills.[4] The film began shooting on May 1, 1961, at which time the land was managed by Horizon Land Corporation, a Tucson-based company.