Grand Junction, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Junction, Colorado, shaded from 4,510 ft on the northwest side to 5,020 ft at the foot of the The Redlands
Elevation
5,020 ft 1,530 m4,890 ft 1,490 m4,830 ft 1,470 m4,700 ft 1,435 m4,570 ft 1,395 m4,510 ft 1,375 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Grand Junction sits at about 4,640 ft (1,415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,640 ft 1,415 m
most residents: 4,590–4,740 ft
Lowest
4,510 ft 1,375 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,020 ft 1,530 m
at the foot of the The Redlands
Average
4,670 ft 1,425 m
all land inside city limits

Grand Junction spans about 510 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
4,640 ft1,415 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the The Redlands
5,020 ft1,530 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
4,510 ft1,375 m
Town center
USGS map point for Grand Junction
4,590 ft1,400 m
Airport (GJT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
4,861 ft1,482 m
Average of all land4,670 ft1,425 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,640 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.4 °F95.2 °C

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

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.2 inHg (85.4 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.7% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+9% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Junction, Colorado, shaded from 4,510 ft on the northwest side to 5,020 ft at the foot of the The Redlands
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Mesa County, Colorado, United States
Population
70,554 2024 est.
Land area
40.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
1,730 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0639° N, 108.5506° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Grand Junction Regional (GJT) 4,861 ft
ZIP codes 6
81501 81503 81504 81505 81506 81507
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Collbran6,020 ft
  2. Delta4,990 ft
  3. De Beque4,950 ft
  4. Palisade4,720 ft
  5. Fruitvale4,720 ft
  6. Orchard Mesa4,670 ft
  7. Clifton4,660 ft
  8. Redlands4,650 ft
  9. Grand Junction4,640 ft
  10. Loma4,540 ft
  11. Fruita4,520 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hatten11,320 ft
  • Haystack Mountain10,980 ft
  • Spruce Mountain10,838 ft
  • Piñon Mesa9,690 ft
  • Monument Peak9,211 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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, 4,510 ft at 39.1001° N, 108.6365° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.