Carbon County, WY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carbon County, Wyoming, shaded from 5,850 ft on the north side to 12,016 ft on Medicine Bow Peak
Elevation
12,020 ft 3,660 m10,470 ft 3,190 m9,700 ft 2,955 m8,160 ft 2,485 m6,620 ft 2,015 m5,850 ft 1,780 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Carbon County averages about 7,300 ft (2,225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,850 ft on the north side to 12,016 ft on Medicine Bow Peak.

Average elevation
7,300 ft 2,225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,016 ft 3,662 m
on Medicine Bow Peak
Lowest
5,850 ft 1,780 m
on the north side

Carbon County spans about 6,170 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land7,300 ft2,225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Medicine Bow Peak (NGS survey height)
12,016 ft3,662 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
5,850 ft1,780 m

Elevation profile, south to north

99 mi south to north through Rawlins.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carbon County, Wyoming, shaded from 5,850 ft on the north side to 12,016 ft on Medicine Bow Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Wyoming, United States
Population
14,250 2024 est.
Land area
7,897.7 sq mi + 66.2 sq mi water
Density
1.8 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Wyoming Basin 87%, Southern Rocky Mountains 13%
Drains to
Gulf of America 67%, Gulf of California 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Jackson County, CO8,900 ft
  2. Routt County, CO8,190 ft
  3. Albany County7,460 ft
  4. Carbon County7,300 ft
  5. Fremont County7,040 ft
  6. Sweetwater County6,870 ft
  7. Moffat County, CO6,720 ft
  8. Natrona County6,080 ft
  9. Converse County5,430 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Elk Mountain11,162 ft
  • Blackhall Mountain10,984 ft
  • Bridger Peak10,980 ft
  • Kennaday Peak10,816 ft
  • Pennock Mountain10,030 ft
All 12 towns in Carbon County by typical elevation
  1. Ryan Park8,450 ft
  2. Arlington7,660 ft
  3. Encampment7,310 ft
  4. Elk Mountain7,270 ft
  5. Riverside7,150 ft
  6. Hanna6,830 ft
  7. Saratoga6,820 ft
  8. Rawlins6,770 ft
  9. Sinclair6,600 ft
  10. Medicine Bow6,560 ft
  11. Dixon6,360 ft
  12. Baggs6,250 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.