Blue River, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue River, Colorado, shaded from 9,810 ft on the north side to 10,890 ft at the foot of the Tenmile Range
Elevation
10,890 ft 3,320 m10,620 ft 3,235 m10,480 ft 3,195 m10,220 ft 3,115 m9,950 ft 3,030 m9,810 ft 2,990 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Blue River sits at about 10,090 ft (3,075 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
10,090 ft 3,075 m
most residents: 9,920–10,270 ft
Lowest
9,810 ft 2,990 m
on the north side
Highest
10,890 ft 3,320 m
at the foot of the Tenmile Range
Average
10,130 ft 3,085 m
all land inside town limits

Blue River spans about 1,080 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
10,090 ft3,075 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Tenmile Range
10,890 ft3,320 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
9,810 ft2,990 m
Town center
USGS map point for Blue River
10,040 ft3,060 m
Average of all land10,130 ft3,085 m
Nearest peak
Bald Mountain, 1.9 mi east of the town limits
13,680 ft4,170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 10,090 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
193.2 °F89.5 °C

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

Air pressure
69% of sea level

20.5 inHg (69.4 kPa): each breath holds 31% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
14.4% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+20% more UV

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

CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue River, Colorado, shaded from 9,810 ft on the north side to 10,890 ft at the foot of the Tenmile Range
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Summit County, Colorado, United States
Population
836 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
343 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4297° N, 106.0439° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Blue River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
80424
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Copper Mountain11,530 ft
  2. Alma10,400 ft
  3. Montezuma10,290 ft
  4. Leadville10,130 ft
  5. Blue River10,090 ft
  6. Fairplay9,950 ft
  7. Breckenridge9,670 ft
  8. Keystone9,270 ft
  9. Dillon9,070 ft
  10. Frisco9,070 ft
  11. Silverthorne8,750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quandary Peak14,271 ft
  • Mount Bross14,179 ft
  • Mount Silverheels13,829 ft
  • Bald Mountain13,680 ft
  • Swan Mountain10,801 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.