Routt County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Routt County, Colorado, shaded from 6,220 ft on the west side to 12,140 ft on Mount Zirkel
Elevation
12,140 ft 3,700 m10,660 ft 3,250 m9,920 ft 3,025 m8,440 ft 2,575 m6,960 ft 2,120 m6,220 ft 1,895 m
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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.
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Routt County averages about 8,190 ft (2,495 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 6,220 ft on the west side to 12,140 ft on Mount Zirkel.

Average elevation
8,190 ft 2,495 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,140 ft 3,700 m
on Mount Zirkel
Lowest
6,220 ft 1,895 m
on the west side

Routt County spans about 5,920 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land8,190 ft2,495 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Zirkel (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
12,140 ft3,700 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
6,220 ft1,895 m

Elevation profile, west to east

41 mi west to east through Steamboat Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Routt County, Colorado, shaded from 6,220 ft on the west side to 12,140 ft on Mount Zirkel
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
25,243 2024 est.
Land area
2,362.0 sq mi + 6.1 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Wyoming Basin 78%, Southern Rocky Mountains 22%
Drains to
Gulf of California
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Grand County9,280 ft
  2. Eagle County9,060 ft
  3. Jackson County8,900 ft
  4. Routt County8,190 ft
  5. Garfield County7,910 ft
  6. Carbon County, WY7,300 ft
  7. Rio Blanco County7,220 ft
  8. Moffat County6,720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Flattop Mountain12,127 ft
  • Mount Ethel11,920 ft
  • Buck Mountain11,390 ft
  • Farwell Mountain10,850 ft
  • Sand Mountain10,850 ft
All 5 towns in Routt County by typical elevation
  1. Yampa7,870 ft
  2. Phippsburg7,480 ft
  3. Oak Creek7,460 ft
  4. Steamboat Springs6,840 ft
  5. Hayden6,380 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.
  • 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, 6,220 ft at 40.5185° N, 107.4276° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.