Colorado Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
14,420 ft 4,395 m11,650 ft 3,550 m10,260 ft 3,130 m7,490 ft 2,280 m4,710 ft 1,435 m3,330 ft 1,015 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- State area
- Fades everything outside the official state boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Colorado averages about 6,870 ft (2,095 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,330 ft on the east side to 14,420 ft on Mount Elbert.
Average elevation
6,870 ft 2,095 m
all land in Colorado
Highest
14,420 ft 4,395 m
on Mount Elbert
Lowest
3,330 ft 1,015 m
on the east side
Colorado spans about 11,090 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 6,870 ft2,095 m |
| Highest point In Colorado, on Mount Elbert (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 14,420 ft4,395 m |
| Lowest point In Colorado, on the east side | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
372 mi west to east through Denver.
Topographic Map
- Location
- State in the Mountain division of the West region, United States
- Population
- 5,957,493 2024 est.
- Land area
- 103,637.3 sq mi + 457.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 57 per sq mi
- Counties
- 62
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform regions
- Great Plains 44%, Southern Rocky Mountains 32%, Colorado Plateaus 18%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 48%, Gulf of California 44%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring states sharing a border, by average
Rankings by average elevation
- States in the United Stateshighest of 52
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Elbert14,420 ft
- Mount Massive14,400 ft
- Mount Harvard14,380 ft
- La Plata Peak14,320 ft
- Quandary Peak14,271 ft
All 62 counties by average elevation
- San Juan County11,390 ft
- Lake County10,950 ft
- Hinsdale County10,910 ft
- Mineral County10,510 ft
- Summit County10,490 ft
- Clear Creek County10,410 ft
- Chaffee County9,980 ft
- Pitkin County9,970 ft
- Park County9,720 ft
- Gunnison County9,550 ft
- Gilpin County9,390 ft
- Grand County9,280 ft
- Saguache County9,240 ft
- Teller County9,110 ft
- Rio Grande County9,060 ft
- Eagle County9,060 ft
- Custer County9,030 ft
- Ouray County9,020 ft
- Conejos County9,000 ft
- Jackson County8,900 ft
- Costilla County8,810 ft
- Dolores County8,280 ft
- Archuleta County8,230 ft
- Routt County8,190 ft
- La Plata County8,010 ft
- San Miguel County7,950 ft
- Garfield County7,910 ft
- Alamosa County7,790 ft
- Larimer County7,790 ft
- Fremont County7,550 ft
- Huerfano County7,460 ft
- Boulder County7,420 ft
- Rio Blanco County7,220 ft
- Jefferson County7,180 ft
- Delta County6,980 ft
- Montrose County6,970 ft
- Mesa County6,870 ft
- Douglas County6,850 ft
- Montezuma County6,840 ft
- Moffat County6,720 ft
- El Paso County6,460 ft
- Las Animas County6,010 ft
- Elbert County5,970 ft
- Arapahoe County5,450 ft
- Pueblo County5,230 ft
- Lincoln County5,130 ft
- Adams County5,090 ft
- Weld County4,970 ft
- Washington County4,600 ft
- Crowley County4,570 ft
- Morgan County4,500 ft
- Otero County4,450 ft
- Kit Carson County4,420 ft
- Cheyenne County4,350 ft
- Baca County4,300 ft
- Logan County4,190 ft
- Kiowa County4,170 ft
- Bent County4,140 ft
- Yuma County3,920 ft
- Phillips County3,820 ft
- Prowers County3,810 ft
- Sedgwick County3,750 ft
All 2 tribal lands by average elevation
- Southern Ute Reservation6,910 ft
- Ute Mountain Reservation6,000 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 7 arc-second (≈710 ft, 216 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring states and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the state with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
- 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 (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.