Gilcrest, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gilcrest, Colorado, shaded from 4,730 ft on the northeast side to 4,770 ft on the west side
Elevation
4,770 ft 1,455 m4,760 ft 1,450 m4,750 ft 1,450 m4,750 ft 1,445 m4,740 ft 1,445 m4,730 ft 1,445 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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

Gilcrest sits at about 4,750 ft (1,445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,750 ft 1,445 m
most residents: 4,740–4,750 ft
Lowest
4,730 ft 1,445 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,770 ft 1,450 m
on the west side
Average
4,750 ft 1,450 m
all land inside town limits

Gilcrest spans about 40 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
4,750 ft1,445 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
4,770 ft1,450 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
4,730 ft1,445 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gilcrest
4,750 ft1,450 m
Average of all land4,750 ft1,450 m

Altitude Effects

What 4,750 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.2 °F95.1 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.1 inHg (85.1 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+10% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gilcrest, Colorado, shaded from 4,730 ft on the northeast side to 4,770 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States
Population
1,017 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,254 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2819° N, 104.7777° 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 1
80623
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aristocrat Ranchettes5,020 ft
  2. Mead5,010 ft
  3. Johnstown4,910 ft
  4. Platteville4,810 ft
  5. Milliken4,760 ft
  6. Greeley4,750 ft
  7. Gilcrest4,750 ft
  8. Evans4,730 ft
  9. Garden City4,700 ft
  10. La Salle4,680 ft
  11. Kersey4,620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Longs Peak14,250 ft
  • Twin Sisters Mountain11,400 ft
  • Starr Peak10,510 ft
  • West White Pine Mountain10,311 ft
  • Deer Mountain10,010 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).
  • 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, 4,730 ft at 40.2896° N, 104.7699° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.