Goldfield, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,180 ft 3,100 m10,070 ft 3,070 m10,020 ft 3,055 m9,910 ft 3,020 m9,800 ft 2,985 m9,750 ft 2,970 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Goldfield sits at about 9,930 ft (3,030 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
9,930 ft 3,030 m
most residents: 9,850–9,960 ft
Lowest
9,750 ft 2,970 m
on the southwest side
Highest
10,180 ft 3,100 m
at the foot of the Granite Hills
Average
9,940 ft 3,030 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Goldfield spans about 430 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 | 9,930 ft3,030 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Granite Hills | 10,180 ft3,100 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 9,750 ft2,970 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Goldfield | 9,900 ft3,015 m |
| Average of all land | 9,940 ft3,030 m |
| Nearest peak Pikes Peak, 9.2 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 14,115 ft4,302 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 9,930 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
193.5 °F89.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
69% of sea level
20.6 inHg (69.9 kPa): each breath holds 31% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
14.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+20% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Teller County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 63 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 447 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.7178° N, 105.1261° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Fourmile Creek → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 80860
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Goldfield9,930 ft
- Victor9,670 ft
- Cripple Creek9,550 ft
- Midland9,370 ft
- Divide9,140 ft
- Florissant8,300 ft
- Green Mountain Falls7,810 ft
- Cascade-Chipita Park7,690 ft
- Manitou Springs6,410 ft
- Rock Creek Park6,290 ft
- Park Center5,490 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado10th highest of 484
- Towns in Teller Countyhighest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pikes Peak14,115 ft
- Thirtynine Mile Mountain11,550 ft
- Stoll Mountain10,850 ft
- Saddle Mountain, Park County10,790 ft
- Thirtyone Mile Mountain10,300 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.
- Goldfield 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.