Cañon City, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cañon City, Colorado, shaded from 5,260 ft on the east side to 6,410 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,410 ft 1,955 m6,130 ft 1,865 m5,980 ft 1,825 m5,690 ft 1,735 m5,410 ft 1,650 m5,260 ft 1,605 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cañon City sits at about 5,370 ft (1,635 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
5,370 ft 1,635 m
most residents: 5,320–5,560 ft
Lowest
5,260 ft 1,605 m
on the east side
Highest
6,410 ft 1,955 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,480 ft 1,670 m
all land inside city limits

Cañon City spans about 1,150 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
5,370 ft1,635 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
6,410 ft1,955 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
5,260 ft1,605 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cañon City
5,350 ft1,630 m
Airport (1V6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.0 mi east of the city limits
5,442 ft1,659 m
Average of all land5,480 ft1,670 m
Nearest peak
Curley Peak, 5.0 mi south of the city limits
9,630 ft2,935 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 5,370 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
202.0 °F94.5 °C

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

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.6 inHg (83.2 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 Cañon City, Colorado, shaded from 5,260 ft on the east side to 6,410 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States
Population
17,193 2024 est.
Land area
12.4 sq mi
Density
1,385 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4410° N, 105.2424° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Fremont County (1V6) 5,442 ft
ZIP codes 1
81212
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Goldfield9,930 ft
  2. Victor9,670 ft
  3. Rockvale5,490 ft
  4. Park Center5,490 ft
  5. Town of Coal Creek5,430 ft
  6. Williamsburg5,420 ft
  7. Lincoln Park5,380 ft
  8. Brookside5,380 ft
  9. Cañon City5,370 ft
  10. Penrose5,340 ft
  11. Florence5,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pikes Peak14,115 ft
  • Waugh Mountain11,710 ft
  • Hardscrabble Mountain, Custer County10,380 ft
  • Thirtyone Mile Mountain10,300 ft
  • Curley Peak9,630 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.