Telluride, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Telluride, Colorado, shaded from 8,650 ft on the west side to 11,240 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Elevation
11,240 ft 3,425 m10,590 ft 3,230 m10,270 ft 3,130 m9,620 ft 2,935 m8,980 ft 2,735 m8,650 ft 2,640 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.
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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

Telluride sits at about 8,760 ft (2,670 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
8,760 ft 2,670 m
most residents: 8,720–8,850 ft
Lowest
8,650 ft 2,640 m
on the west side
Highest
11,240 ft 3,425 m
at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Average
8,970 ft 2,735 m
all land inside town limits

Telluride spans about 2,590 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
8,760 ft2,670 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
11,240 ft3,425 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
8,650 ft2,640 m
Town center
USGS map point for Telluride
8,790 ft2,680 m
Airport (TEX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi west of the town limits
9,070 ft2,765 m
Average of all land8,970 ft2,735 m
Nearest peak
Mount Sneffels, 4.2 mi north of the town limits
14,100 ft4,300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 8,760 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
195.7 °F90.9 °C

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

Air pressure
72% of sea level

21.6 inHg (73.1 kPa): each breath holds 28% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.1% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+18% 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 Telluride, Colorado, shaded from 8,650 ft on the west side to 11,240 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
Population
2,486 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,124 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9375° N, 107.8123° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
San Miguel River → Dolores River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Telluride Regional (TEX) 9,070 ft
ZIP codes 1
81435
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ophir9,720 ft
  2. Silverton9,310 ft
  3. Mountain Village9,290 ft
  4. Rico8,810 ft
  5. Telluride8,760 ft
  6. Ouray7,800 ft
  7. Loghill Village7,790 ft
  8. Sawpit7,580 ft
  9. Placerville7,460 ft
  10. Portland7,210 ft
  11. Ridgway7,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Wilson14,200 ft
  • Mount Sneffels14,100 ft
  • Vermilion Peak13,870 ft
  • Tower Mountain13,520 ft
  • Sultan Mountain13,360 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).
  • 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, 8,640 ft at 37.9487° N, 107.8707° 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. All public domain.