Boulder, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,970 ft 2,430 m7,480 ft 2,280 m7,240 ft 2,205 m6,750 ft 2,055 m6,260 ft 1,910 m6,020 ft 1,835 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Boulder sits at about 6,560 ft (2,000 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,560 ft 2,000 m
most residents: 6,340–7,540 ft
Lowest
6,020 ft 1,835 m
on the south side
Highest
7,970 ft 2,430 m
at the foot of the The Potholes
Average
6,900 ft 2,100 m
all land inside town limits
Boulder spans about 1,950 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 | 6,560 ft2,000 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the The Potholes | 7,970 ft2,430 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 6,020 ft1,835 m |
| Average of all land | 6,900 ft2,100 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.0 mi south to north through the middle of Boulder.
Altitude Effects
What 6,560 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.8 °F93.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.5 inHg (79.5 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Garfield County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 244 2024 est.
- Land area
- 20.9 sq mi
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.9187° N, 111.4257° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Escalante River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 84716
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah29th highest of 334
- Towns in Garfield County4th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Boulder Mountain11,300 ft
- Thousand Lake Mountain11,290 ft
- Griffin Top10,790 ft
- Barney Top10,620 ft
- Canaan Peak9,300 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. All public domain.