Crested Butte, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crested Butte, Colorado, shaded from 8,830 ft on the southeast side to 9,040 ft at the foot of the Ruby Range
Elevation
9,040 ft 2,755 m8,990 ft 2,740 m8,960 ft 2,730 m8,910 ft 2,715 m8,860 ft 2,700 m8,830 ft 2,690 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Crested Butte sits at about 8,890 ft (2,710 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
8,890 ft 2,710 m
most residents: 8,860–8,920 ft
Lowest
8,830 ft 2,690 m
on the southeast side
Highest
9,040 ft 2,755 m
at the foot of the Ruby Range
Average
8,870 ft 2,705 m
all land inside town limits

Crested Butte spans about 210 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
8,890 ft2,710 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Ruby Range
9,040 ft2,755 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
8,830 ft2,690 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crested Butte
8,910 ft2,715 m
Average of all land8,870 ft2,705 m
Nearest peak
Crested Butte, 1.6 mi east of the town limits
12,130 ft3,695 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 8,890 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
195.4 °F90.8 °C

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

Air pressure
72% of sea level

21.5 inHg (72.7 kPa): each breath holds 28% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.0% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+18% 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 Crested Butte, Colorado, shaded from 8,830 ft on the southeast side to 9,040 ft at the foot of the Ruby Range
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Population
1,643 2024 est.
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,895 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8697° N, 106.9878° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Gunnison River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
81224
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Crested Butte9,490 ft
  2. Pitkin9,230 ft
  3. Crested Butte8,890 ft
  4. Snowmass Village8,320 ft
  5. Marble7,990 ft
  6. Aspen7,930 ft
  7. Gunnison7,710 ft
  8. Woody Creek7,310 ft
  9. Redstone7,290 ft
  10. Somerset6,020 ft
  11. Paonia5,680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gothic Mountain12,610 ft
  • Whetstone Mountain12,527 ft
  • Crested Butte12,130 ft
  • Carbon Peak12,088 ft
  • Mount Axtell12,050 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.