El Paso County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Paso County, Colorado, shaded from 5,050 ft on the south side to 14,115 ft on Pikes Peak
Elevation
14,120 ft 4,300 m11,850 ft 3,610 m10,720 ft 3,265 m8,450 ft 2,575 m6,180 ft 1,885 m5,050 ft 1,540 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

El Paso County averages about 6,460 ft (1,970 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,050 ft on the south side to 14,115 ft on Pikes Peak.

Average elevation
6,460 ft 1,970 m
all land inside the county
Highest
14,115 ft 4,302 m
on Pikes Peak
Lowest
5,050 ft 1,540 m
on the south side

El Paso County spans about 9,070 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 land6,460 ft1,970 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Pikes Peak (NGS survey height)
14,115 ft4,302 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
5,050 ft1,540 m

Elevation profile, west to east

55 mi west to east through Colorado Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Paso County, Colorado, shaded from 5,050 ft on the south side to 14,115 ft on Pikes Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
752,772 2024 est.
Land area
2,126.4 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
354 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Great Plains 85%, Southern Rocky Mountains 15%
Drains to
Gulf of America 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Teller County9,110 ft
  2. Fremont County7,550 ft
  3. Douglas County6,850 ft
  4. El Paso County6,460 ft
  5. Elbert County5,970 ft
  6. Pueblo County5,230 ft
  7. Lincoln County5,130 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pikes Peak14,115 ft
  • Sachett Mountain13,600 ft
  • Mount Garfield, El Paso County10,920 ft
  • Cameron Cone10,700 ft
  • McKinley Peak10,400 ft
All 20 towns in El Paso County by typical elevation
  1. Green Mountain Falls7,810 ft
  2. Cascade-Chipita Park7,690 ft
  3. Black Forest7,420 ft
  4. Woodmoor7,310 ft
  5. Palmer Lake7,230 ft
  6. Monument7,020 ft
  7. Gleneagle6,870 ft
  8. Peyton6,850 ft
  9. Air Force Academy6,840 ft
  10. Calhan6,530 ft
  11. Cimarron Hills6,430 ft
  12. Manitou Springs6,410 ft
  13. Colorado Springs6,400 ft
  14. Rock Creek Park6,290 ft
  15. Ramah6,110 ft
  16. Ellicott6,000 ft
  17. Fort Carson5,880 ft
  18. Stratmoor5,840 ft
  19. Security-Widefield5,790 ft
  20. Fountain5,640 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 5,050 ft at 38.5215° N, 104.4849° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.