Lakewood, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lakewood, Colorado, shaded from 5,310 ft on the northeast side to 6,859 ft on Green Mountain
Elevation
6,860 ft 2,090 m6,470 ft 1,975 m6,280 ft 1,915 m5,890 ft 1,795 m5,500 ft 1,680 m5,310 ft 1,620 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
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lakewood sits at about 5,540 ft (1,690 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
5,540 ft 1,690 m
most residents: 5,420–5,860 ft
Lowest
5,310 ft 1,620 m
on the northeast side
Highest
6,859 ft 2,091 m
on Green Mountain
Average
5,670 ft 1,730 m
all land inside city limits

Lakewood spans about 1,550 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
5,540 ft1,690 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Green Mountain
6,859 ft2,091 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
5,310 ft1,620 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lakewood
5,520 ft1,680 m
Average of all land5,670 ft1,730 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 5,540 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
201.7 °F94.3 °C

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

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.4 inHg (82.6 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.1% 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

Topographic elevation map of Lakewood, Colorado, shaded from 5,310 ft on the northeast side to 6,859 ft on Green Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Population
156,868 2024 est.
Land area
43.5 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
3,607 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7047° N, 105.0814° 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 10
80123 80214 80215 80226 80227 80228 80232 80235 80401 80465
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Pleasant View5,830 ft
  2. East Pleasant View5,810 ft
  3. Applewood5,610 ft
  4. Lakewood5,540 ft
  5. Bow Mar5,520 ft
  6. Wheat Ridge5,420 ft
  7. Mountain View5,390 ft
  8. Edgewater5,370 ft
  9. Lakeside5,360 ft
  10. Denver5,340 ft
  11. Sheridan5,320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Blue Sky14,230 ft
  • Mount Logan12,875 ft
  • Starr Peak10,510 ft
  • Green Mountain, Jefferson County10,427 ft
  • Devils Head9,700 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, 5,310 ft at 39.7282° N, 105.0540° 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.