Steamboat Springs, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, shaded from 6,620 ft on the northwest side to 7,990 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
7,990 ft 2,435 m7,650 ft 2,330 m7,470 ft 2,280 m7,130 ft 2,175 m6,790 ft 2,070 m6,620 ft 2,020 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

Steamboat Springs sits at about 6,840 ft (2,085 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,840 ft 2,085 m
most residents: 6,730–7,050 ft
Lowest
6,620 ft 2,020 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,990 ft 2,435 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,920 ft 2,110 m
all land inside city limits

Steamboat Springs spans about 1,370 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
6,840 ft2,085 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
7,990 ft2,435 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
6,620 ft2,020 m
Town center
USGS map point for Steamboat Springs
6,730 ft2,050 m
Airport (SBS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
6,882 ft2,098 m
Average of all land6,920 ft2,110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,840 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.3 °F92.9 °C

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

Air pressure
78% of sea level

23.2 inHg (78.7 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.3% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+14% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, shaded from 6,620 ft on the northwest side to 7,990 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Routt County, Colorado, United States
Population
13,620 2024 est.
Land area
9.9 sq mi
Density
1,376 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4850° N, 106.8317° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Wyoming Basin
Drains to
Yampa River → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field (SBS) 6,882 ft
ZIP codes 1
80487
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Walden8,110 ft
  2. Yampa7,870 ft
  3. Hot Sulphur Springs7,750 ft
  4. Parshall7,570 ft
  5. Phippsburg7,480 ft
  6. Oak Creek7,460 ft
  7. Kremmling7,350 ft
  8. Steamboat Springs6,840 ft
  9. McCoy6,720 ft
  10. Hayden6,380 ft
  11. Craig6,230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Ethel11,920 ft
  • Sand Mountain10,850 ft
  • Thorpe Mountain8,974 ft
  • Elk Mountain, Routt County8,753 ft
  • Blacktail Mountain8,690 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, 6,620 ft at 40.5046° N, 106.8785° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.