Lakeside, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,380 ft 1,640 m5,370 ft 1,635 m5,360 ft 1,635 m5,350 ft 1,630 m5,340 ft 1,625 m5,330 ft 1,625 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lakeside sits at about 5,360 ft (1,635 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,360 ft 1,635 m
few residents
Lowest
5,330 ft 1,625 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,380 ft 1,640 m
on the northeast side
Average
5,360 ft 1,635 m
all land inside town limits
Lakeside spans about 50 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 5,360 ft1,635 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 5,380 ft1,640 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 5,330 ft1,625 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lakeside | 5,360 ft1,635 m |
| Average of all land | 5,360 ft1,635 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,360 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.0 °F94.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.6 inHg (83.2 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% 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
- Town in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 15 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 80 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.7783° N, 105.0594° 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
- 80212
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Arvada5,460 ft
- Wheat Ridge5,420 ft
- Mountain View5,390 ft
- Westminster5,380 ft
- Edgewater5,370 ft
- Lakeside5,360 ft
- Denver5,340 ft
- Sherrelwood5,330 ft
- Berkley5,270 ft
- Twin Lakes5,240 ft
- North Washington5,180 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado323rd highest of 484
- Towns in Jefferson Countylowest of 23
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Blue Sky14,230 ft
- North Arapaho Peak13,490 ft
- Parry Peak13,350 ft
- Starr Peak10,510 ft
- Green Mountain, Jefferson County10,427 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- 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.