Eldorado Springs, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,300 ft 2,225 m6,840 ft 2,085 m6,610 ft 2,015 m6,150 ft 1,875 m5,690 ft 1,735 m5,460 ft 1,665 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Eldorado Springs sits at about 5,560 ft (1,695 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,560 ft 1,695 m
most residents: 5,480–6,570 ft
Lowest
5,460 ft 1,665 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,300 ft 2,225 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,880 ft 1,790 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Eldorado Springs spans about 1,840 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 | 5,560 ft1,695 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside | 7,300 ft2,225 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 5,460 ft1,665 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Eldorado Springs | 5,750 ft1,750 m |
| Airport (BDU) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.6 mi north of the CDP boundary | 5,288 ft1,612 m |
| Average of all land | 5,880 ft1,790 m |
| Nearest peak Starr Peak, 7.0 mi west of the CDP boundary | 10,510 ft3,205 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,560 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.7 °F94.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.4 inHg (82.6 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.1% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Boulder County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 559 2020 Census
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 216 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.9325° N, 105.2769° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Boulder Municipal (BDU) 5,288 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 80025 80303
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Coal Creek8,560 ft
- Mountain Meadows7,340 ft
- Pine Brook Hill6,740 ft
- Tall Timber6,520 ft
- Seven Hills6,350 ft
- Eldorado Springs5,560 ft
- Superior5,520 ft
- Paragon Estates5,470 ft
- Louisville5,430 ft
- Boulder5,370 ft
- Valmont5,170 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado284th highest of 484
- Towns in Boulder County21st highest of 32
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Arapaho Peak13,490 ft
- Parry Peak13,350 ft
- Copeland Mountain13,170 ft
- Twin Sisters Mountain11,400 ft
- Starr Peak10,510 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Eldorado Springs is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.