San Luis, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,040 ft 2,450 m8,020 ft 2,445 m8,000 ft 2,440 m7,980 ft 2,430 m7,950 ft 2,425 m7,940 ft 2,420 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
San Luis sits at about 7,990 ft (2,435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,990 ft 2,435 m
most residents: 7,970–8,010 ft
Lowest
7,940 ft 2,420 m
on the southwest side
Highest
8,040 ft 2,450 m
at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Average
7,990 ft 2,435 m
all land inside town limits
San Luis spans about 100 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 7,990 ft2,435 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains | 8,040 ft2,450 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 7,940 ft2,420 m |
| Town center USGS map point for San Luis | 7,980 ft2,430 m |
| Average of all land | 7,990 ft2,435 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,990 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.1 °F91.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
74% of sea level
22.2 inHg (75.3 kPa): each breath holds 26% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+16% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Costilla County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 628 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,108 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.2008° N, 105.4239° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 81152
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cuchara8,890 ft
- San Luis7,990 ft
- Fort Garland7,940 ft
- Stonewall Gap7,930 ft
- Costilla, NM7,800 ft
- Blanca7,760 ft
- San Acacio7,730 ft
- Manassa7,690 ft
- La Jara7,600 ft
- Sanford7,600 ft
- Alamosa East7,540 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado83rd highest of 484
- Towns in Costilla Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Culebra Peak14,030 ft
- Raspberry Mountain11,220 ft
- Ute Mountain10,090 ft
- Piñon Hills9,480 ft
- Flat Top, Conejos County9,210 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 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.