Albany, WY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Albany, Wyoming, shaded from 7,920 ft on the east side to 9,430 ft at the foot of the Snowy Range
Elevation
9,430 ft 2,875 m9,050 ft 2,760 m8,870 ft 2,700 m8,490 ft 2,585 m8,110 ft 2,470 m7,920 ft 2,415 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.
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

Albany sits at about 8,630 ft (2,630 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
8,630 ft 2,630 m
few residents
Lowest
7,920 ft 2,415 m
on the east side
Highest
9,430 ft 2,875 m
at the foot of the Snowy Range
Average
8,640 ft 2,635 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Albany spans about 1,510 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
8,630 ft2,630 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Snowy Range
9,430 ft2,875 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
7,920 ft2,415 m
Town center
USGS map point for Albany
8,330 ft2,540 m
Average of all land8,640 ft2,635 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 8,630 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
195.9 °F91.1 °C

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

Air pressure
73% of sea level

21.7 inHg (73.5 kPa): each breath holds 27% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.2% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+17% 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 Albany, Wyoming, shaded from 7,920 ft on the east side to 9,430 ft at the foot of the Snowy Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Albany County, Wyoming, United States
Population
31 2020 Census
Land area
11.0 sq mi
Density
2.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1841° N, 106.1320° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Laramie River → North Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
82070
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fox Park9,070 ft
  2. Albany8,630 ft
  3. Ryan Park8,450 ft
  4. Centennial8,290 ft
  5. Walden, CO8,110 ft
  6. Arlington7,660 ft
  7. Woods Landing-Jelm7,480 ft
  8. Encampment7,310 ft
  9. Elk Mountain7,270 ft
  10. Laramie7,190 ft
  11. Riverside7,150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Medicine Bow Peak12,016 ft
  • Kennaday Peak10,816 ft
  • Bull Mountain10,083 ft
  • Independence Mountain9,800 ft
  • Jelm Mountain9,664 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.
  • Albany 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.