Denver, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,690 ft 1,735 m5,550 ft 1,690 m5,480 ft 1,670 m5,340 ft 1,625 m5,200 ft 1,585 m5,130 ft 1,560 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Denver sits at about 5,340 ft (1,630 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,340 ft 1,630 m
most residents: 5,240–5,480 ft
Lowest
5,130 ft 1,560 m
on the north side
Highest
5,690 ft 1,735 m
on the southeast side
Average
5,340 ft 1,630 m
all land inside city limits
Denver spans about 560 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,340 ft1,630 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 5,690 ft1,735 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 5,130 ft1,560 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Denver | 5,280 ft1,610 m |
| Average of all land | 5,340 ft1,630 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,340 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.1 °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
- Location
- Consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States
- Population
- 729,019 2024 est.
- Land area
- 153.1 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,763 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 36
36 ZIP codes
80014 80123 80202 80203 80204 80205 80206 80207 80209 80210 80211 80212 80216 80218 80219 80220 80221 80222 80223 80224 80227 80230 80231 80235 80236 80237 80238 80239 80246 80247 80249 80264 80266 80290 80293 80294
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lakewood5,540 ft
- Wheat Ridge5,420 ft
- Mountain View5,390 ft
- Edgewater5,370 ft
- Glendale5,360 ft
- Lakeside5,360 ft
- Denver5,340 ft
- Berkley5,270 ft
- Twin Lakes5,240 ft
- North Washington5,180 ft
- Commerce City5,160 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado326th highest of 484
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Blue Sky14,230 ft
- Windy Peak11,900 ft
- Starr Peak10,510 ft
- Green Mountain, Jefferson County10,427 ft
- Devils Head9,700 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.