Dolores County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dolores County, Colorado, shaded from 5,150 ft on the southwest side to 14,200 ft on Mount Wilson
Elevation
14,200 ft 4,330 m11,940 ft 3,640 m10,810 ft 3,295 m8,540 ft 2,605 m6,280 ft 1,915 m5,150 ft 1,570 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

Dolores County averages about 8,280 ft (2,525 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,150 ft on the southwest side to 14,200 ft on Mount Wilson.

Average elevation
8,280 ft 2,525 m
all land inside the county
Highest
14,200 ft 4,330 m
on Mount Wilson
Lowest
5,150 ft 1,570 m
on the southwest side

Dolores County spans about 9,050 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 land8,280 ft2,525 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Wilson (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
14,200 ft4,330 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
5,150 ft1,570 m

Elevation profile, west to east

64 mi west to east through Dove Creek.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dolores County, Colorado, shaded from 5,150 ft on the southwest side to 14,200 ft on Mount Wilson
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
2,467 2024 est.
Land area
1,067.2 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
2.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus 91%
Drains to
Gulf of California
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. San Juan County11,390 ft
  2. Dolores County8,280 ft
  3. San Miguel County7,950 ft
  4. Montezuma County6,840 ft
  5. San Juan County, UT5,700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Wilson14,200 ft
  • Middle Peak13,250 ft
  • Blackhawk Mountain12,687 ft
  • Sockrider Peak12,240 ft
  • Groundhog Mountain12,070 ft
All 2 towns in Dolores County by typical elevation
  1. Rico8,810 ft
  2. Dove Creek6,860 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.