Clear Creek County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clear Creek County, Colorado, shaded from 6,900 ft on the east side to 14,275 ft on Torreys Peak
Elevation
14,270 ft 4,350 m12,430 ft 3,790 m11,510 ft 3,510 m9,670 ft 2,945 m7,820 ft 2,385 m6,900 ft 2,105 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Clear Creek County averages about 10,410 ft (3,175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 6,900 ft on the east side to 14,275 ft on Torreys Peak.

Average elevation
10,410 ft 3,175 m
all land inside the county
Highest
14,275 ft 4,351 m
on Torreys Peak
Lowest
6,900 ft 2,105 m
on the east side

Clear Creek County spans about 7,370 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land10,410 ft3,175 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Torreys Peak (NGS survey height)
14,275 ft4,351 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
6,900 ft2,105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Idaho Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clear Creek County, Colorado, shaded from 6,900 ft on the east side to 14,275 ft on Torreys Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
9,076 2024 est.
Land area
395.1 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
23 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Summit County10,490 ft
  2. Clear Creek County10,410 ft
  3. Park County9,720 ft
  4. Gilpin County9,390 ft
  5. Grand County9,280 ft
  6. Jefferson County7,180 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Blue Sky14,230 ft
  • Mount Bierstadt14,064 ft
  • Bard Peak13,620 ft
  • Pettingell Peak13,530 ft
  • Parry Peak13,350 ft
All 15 towns in Clear Creek County by typical elevation
  1. St. Mary's10,220 ft
  2. Blue Valley9,510 ft
  3. Echo Hills9,410 ft
  4. York Gulch9,270 ft
  5. Mill Creek Park9,250 ft
  6. Silver Plume9,150 ft
  7. Empire8,600 ft
  8. Brook Forest partly8,580 ft
  9. Georgetown8,500 ft
  10. Upper Witter Gulch8,460 ft
  11. Floyd Hill8,400 ft
  12. Pine Valley8,360 ft
  13. Downieville-Lawson-Dumont8,070 ft
  14. Upper Bear Creek7,770 ft
  15. Idaho Springs7,570 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.