Wolcott, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,460 ft 2,275 m7,320 ft 2,230 m7,250 ft 2,210 m7,120 ft 2,170 m6,980 ft 2,125 m6,910 ft 2,105 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Wolcott sits at about 7,050 ft (2,150 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
7,050 ft 2,150 m
few residents
Lowest
6,910 ft 2,105 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,460 ft 2,275 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
7,090 ft 2,160 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Wolcott spans about 550 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 7,050 ft2,150 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 7,460 ft2,275 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 6,910 ft2,105 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Wolcott | 6,980 ft2,130 m |
| Airport (EGE) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi west of the CDP boundary | 6,547 ft1,996 m |
| Average of all land | 7,090 ft2,160 m |
| Nearest peak Castle Peak, Eagle County, 8.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary | 11,300 ft3,445 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,050 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.9 °F92.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
77% of sea level
23.0 inHg (78.0 kPa): each breath holds 23% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.1% 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
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Eagle County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 20 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 54 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.7028° N, 106.6786° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Eagle River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Eagle County Regional (EGE) 6,547 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81655
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado150th highest of 484
- Towns in Eagle County7th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Piney Peak11,578 ft
- Castle Peak, Eagle County11,300 ft
- Red and White Mountain11,250 ft
- Hardscrabble Mountain, Eagle County11,180 ft
- Yarmony Mountain9,530 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Wolcott 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.