Larimer County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
13,570 ft 4,135 m11,370 ft 3,465 m10,270 ft 3,130 m8,070 ft 2,460 m5,870 ft 1,790 m4,770 ft 1,455 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Larimer County averages about 7,790 ft (2,375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,770 ft on the east side to 13,572 ft on Hagues Peak.
Average elevation
7,790 ft 2,375 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,572 ft 4,137 m
on Hagues Peak
Lowest
4,770 ft 1,455 m
on the east side
Larimer County spans about 8,800 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 7,790 ft2,375 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Hagues Peak (NGS survey height) | 13,572 ft4,137 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the east side | 4,770 ft1,455 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
51 mi west to east through Fort Collins.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Colorado, United States
- Population
- 374,574 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,595.7 sq mi + 38.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 144 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform regions
- Southern Rocky Mountains 77%, Great Plains 23%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Grand County9,280 ft
- Jackson County8,900 ft
- Larimer County7,790 ft
- Albany County, WY7,460 ft
- Boulder County7,420 ft
- Laramie County, WY5,990 ft
- Weld County4,970 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Colorado29th highest of 62
- Counties in the United States36th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Hagues Peak13,572 ft
- Fairchild Mountain13,500 ft
- Clark Peak12,954 ft
- Stones Peak12,910 ft
- Comanche Peak12,710 ft
All 10 towns in Larimer County by typical elevation
- Red Feather Lakes8,290 ft
- Estes Park7,650 ft
- Wellington5,180 ft
- Laporte5,080 ft
- Berthoud5,040 ft
- Loveland5,020 ft
- Fort Collins5,000 ft
- Johnstown partly4,910 ft
- Timnath4,840 ft
- Windsor partly4,800 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.