Avon, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,700 ft 2,955 m9,110 ft 2,780 m8,820 ft 2,690 m8,230 ft 2,510 m7,650 ft 2,330 m7,350 ft 2,240 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Avon sits at about 7,490 ft (2,285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,490 ft 2,285 m
most residents: 7,410–8,530 ft
Lowest
7,350 ft 2,240 m
on the west side
Highest
9,700 ft 2,955 m
at the foot of the Gore Range
Average
8,230 ft 2,510 m
all land inside town limits
Avon spans about 2,350 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 7,490 ft2,285 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Gore Range | 9,700 ft2,955 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 7,350 ft2,240 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Avon | 7,440 ft2,270 m |
| Average of all land | 8,230 ft2,510 m |
| Nearest peak Red and White Mountain, 2.2 mi north of the town limits | 11,250 ft3,430 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,490 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.0 °F92.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.7 inHg (76.7 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 5,898 2024 est.
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 720 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.6314° N, 106.5223° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Eagle River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 81620
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado126th highest of 484
- Towns in Eagle County5th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount of the Holy Cross14,009 ft
- Mount Jackson13,677 ft
- Mount Powell13,540 ft
- Piney Peak11,578 ft
- Red and White Mountain11,250 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.