Dinosaur, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,950 ft 1,815 m5,910 ft 1,805 m5,900 ft 1,795 m5,860 ft 1,785 m5,830 ft 1,775 m5,810 ft 1,770 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Dinosaur sits at about 5,880 ft (1,795 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,880 ft 1,795 m
most residents: 5,860–5,900 ft
Lowest
5,810 ft 1,770 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,950 ft 1,815 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,880 ft 1,790 m
all land inside town limits
Dinosaur spans about 140 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 | 5,880 ft1,795 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 5,950 ft1,815 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 5,810 ft1,770 m |
| Average of all land | 5,880 ft1,790 m |
| Nearest peak Moose Head Mountain, 8.5 mi northeast of the town limits | 8,490 ft2,585 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.8 mi south to north through the middle of Dinosaur.
Altitude Effects
What 5,880 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.1 °F93.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.1 inHg (81.6 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Moffat County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 247 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 266 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.2425° N, 109.0088° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- White River → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 81610
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Dinosaur5,880 ft
- Maeser, UT5,570 ft
- Lapoint, UT5,560 ft
- Bonanza, UT5,400 ft
- Vernal, UT5,350 ft
- Rangely5,240 ft
- Naples, UT5,230 ft
- Fort Duchesne, UT5,080 ft
- Ballard, UT5,060 ft
- Randlett, UT4,830 ft
- Jensen, UT4,760 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado242nd highest of 484
- Towns in Moffat Countylowest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Zenobia Peak9,022 ft
- Tanks Peak8,726 ft
- Buena Vista Peak8,550 ft
- Moose Head Mountain8,490 ft
- Rabbit Mountain7,640 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.