Red Feather Lakes, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, shaded from 7,410 ft on the northeast side to 8,800 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
8,800 ft 2,680 m8,450 ft 2,575 m8,280 ft 2,525 m7,930 ft 2,415 m7,580 ft 2,310 m7,410 ft 2,260 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Red Feather Lakes sits at about 8,290 ft (2,525 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
8,290 ft 2,525 m
most residents: 8,140–8,500 ft
Lowest
7,410 ft 2,260 m
on the northeast side
Highest
8,800 ft 2,680 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
8,270 ft 2,520 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Red Feather Lakes spans about 1,390 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
8,290 ft2,525 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
8,800 ft2,680 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
7,410 ft2,260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Red Feather Lakes
8,370 ft2,550 m
Average of all land8,270 ft2,520 m
Nearest peak
Middle Bald Mountain, 4.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
10,990 ft3,350 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 8,290 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
196.6 °F91.4 °C

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

Air pressure
73% of sea level

22.0 inHg (74.4 kPa): each breath holds 27% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.4% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+17% 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

Topographic elevation map of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, shaded from 7,410 ft on the northeast side to 8,800 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Population
426 2020 Census
Land area
9.1 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
47 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8025° N, 105.5917° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Cache la Poudre River → South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
80545
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fox Park, WY9,070 ft
  2. Albany, WY8,630 ft
  3. Red Feather Lakes8,290 ft
  4. Walden8,110 ft
  5. Estes Park7,650 ft
  6. Woods Landing-Jelm, WY7,480 ft
  7. Laramie, WY7,190 ft
  8. Wellington5,180 ft
  9. Laporte5,080 ft
  10. Fort Collins5,000 ft
  11. Timnath4,840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Clark Peak12,954 ft
  • Comanche Peak12,710 ft
  • Middle Bald Mountain10,990 ft
  • West White Pine Mountain10,311 ft
  • Bull Mountain10,083 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.
  • Red Feather Lakes 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.