Battlement Mesa, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, shaded from 5,020 ft on the southwest side to 6,850 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,850 ft 2,090 m6,400 ft 1,950 m6,170 ft 1,880 m5,710 ft 1,740 m5,250 ft 1,600 m5,020 ft 1,530 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Battlement Mesa sits at about 5,320 ft (1,620 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
5,320 ft 1,620 m
most residents: 5,210–5,450 ft
Lowest
5,020 ft 1,530 m
on the southwest side
Highest
6,850 ft 2,090 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,670 ft 1,725 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Battlement Mesa spans about 1,830 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
5,320 ft1,620 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
6,850 ft2,090 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
5,020 ft1,530 m
Town center
USGS map point for Battlement Mesa
5,470 ft1,670 m
Average of all land5,670 ft1,725 m
Nearest peak
Haystack Mountain, 5.3 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
10,980 ft3,345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 5,320 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
202.1 °F94.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.6 inHg (83.3 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+11% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, shaded from 5,020 ft on the southwest side to 6,850 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States
Population
4,700 2020 Census
Land area
11.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
421 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4414° N, 108.0251° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
81635
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Collbran6,020 ft
  2. Chacra5,860 ft
  3. New Castle5,730 ft
  4. Silt5,480 ft
  5. Rifle5,450 ft
  6. Battlement Mesa5,320 ft
  7. Parachute5,110 ft
  8. De Beque4,950 ft
  9. Palisade4,720 ft
  10. Fruitvale4,720 ft
  11. Clifton4,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Haystack Mountain10,980 ft
  • Spruce Mountain10,838 ft
  • Flagpole Mountain10,610 ft
  • Monument Peak9,211 ft
  • Joe Bush Mountain8,376 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Battlement Mesa is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.