Gilpin County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gilpin County, Colorado, shaded from 6,910 ft on the southeast side to 13,260 ft on the west side
Elevation
13,260 ft 4,040 m11,670 ft 3,555 m10,880 ft 3,315 m9,290 ft 2,830 m7,710 ft 2,350 m6,910 ft 2,105 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

Gilpin County averages about 9,390 ft (2,860 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 6,910 ft on the southeast side to 13,260 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
9,390 ft 2,860 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,260 ft 4,040 m
on the west side
Lowest
6,910 ft 2,105 m
on the southeast side

Gilpin County spans about 6,350 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 land9,390 ft2,860 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
13,260 ft4,040 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
6,910 ft2,105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.8 mi west to east through Central.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gilpin County, Colorado, shaded from 6,910 ft on the southeast side to 13,260 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
5,963 2024 est.
Land area
150.0 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
40 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clear Creek County10,410 ft
  2. Gilpin County9,390 ft
  3. Grand County9,280 ft
  4. Boulder County7,420 ft
  5. Jefferson County7,180 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Nebraska Hill11,550 ft
  • Montana Mountain10,950 ft
  • Dakota Hill10,930 ft
  • Oregon Hill10,900 ft
  • Starr Peak10,510 ft
All 4 towns in Gilpin County by typical elevation
  1. Central8,790 ft
  2. Black Hawk8,610 ft
  3. Rollinsville8,580 ft
  4. Coal Creek partly8,560 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. 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.