Cathedral, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cathedral, Colorado, shaded from 8,630 ft on the north side to 11,590 ft at the foot of the La Garita Mountains
Elevation
11,590 ft 3,535 m10,850 ft 3,310 m10,480 ft 3,195 m9,740 ft 2,970 m9,000 ft 2,745 m8,630 ft 2,630 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cathedral sits at about 9,630 ft (2,935 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
9,630 ft 2,935 m
few residents
Lowest
8,630 ft 2,630 m
on the north side
Highest
11,590 ft 3,535 m
at the foot of the La Garita Mountains
Average
9,670 ft 2,950 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cathedral spans about 2,960 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
9,630 ft2,935 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the La Garita Mountains
11,590 ft3,535 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
8,630 ft2,630 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cathedral
8,920 ft2,720 m
Average of all land9,670 ft2,950 m
Nearest peak
Stewart Peak, 4.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
13,990 ft4,264 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 9,630 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
194.0 °F90.0 °C

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

Air pressure
70% of sea level

20.9 inHg (70.7 kPa): each breath holds 30% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
14.6% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+19% 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 Cathedral, Colorado, shaded from 8,630 ft on the north side to 11,590 ft at the foot of the La Garita Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States
Population
15 2020 Census
Land area
21.3 sq mi
Density
0.7 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0958° N, 107.0339° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Cebolla Creek → Gunnison River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
81235
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cathedral9,630 ft
  2. Silverton9,310 ft
  3. City of Creede8,840 ft
  4. Lake City8,670 ft
  5. Alpine8,250 ft
  6. South Fork8,230 ft
  7. Gerrard8,140 ft
  8. Ouray7,800 ft
  9. Gunnison7,710 ft
  10. Portland7,210 ft
  11. Ridgway7,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stewart Peak13,990 ft
  • Baldy Cinco13,390 ft
  • Mesa Seco12,804 ft
  • Black Mountain, Hinsdale County11,867 ft
  • Cochetopa Dome11,130 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Cathedral 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.