Douglas, WY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Douglas, Wyoming, shaded from 4,780 ft on the southwest side to 5,120 ft on the west side
Elevation
5,120 ft 1,560 m5,040 ft 1,535 m4,990 ft 1,520 m4,910 ft 1,495 m4,820 ft 1,470 m4,780 ft 1,455 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Douglas sits at about 4,840 ft (1,475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,840 ft 1,475 m
most residents: 4,810–4,890 ft
Lowest
4,780 ft 1,455 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,120 ft 1,560 m
on the west side
Average
4,880 ft 1,485 m
all land inside city limits

Douglas spans about 340 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
4,840 ft1,475 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
5,120 ft1,560 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
4,780 ft1,455 m
Town center
USGS map point for Douglas
4,830 ft1,475 m
Airport (DGW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi north of the city limits
4,933 ft1,504 m
Average of all land4,880 ft1,485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,840 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.0 °F95.0 °C

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

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.0 inHg (84.8 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.5% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+10% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Douglas, Wyoming, shaded from 4,780 ft on the southwest side to 5,120 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Converse County, Wyoming, United States
Population
6,442 2024 est.
Land area
6.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
976 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7597° N, 105.3822° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
North Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Converse County (DGW) 4,933 ft
ZIP codes 1
82633
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Esterbrook6,410 ft
  2. Rolling Hills5,340 ft
  3. Manville5,250 ft
  4. Meadow Acres5,050 ft
  5. Glenrock5,010 ft
  6. Lost Springs5,000 ft
  7. El Rancho4,900 ft
  8. Douglas4,840 ft
  9. Glendo4,730 ft
  10. Orin4,680 ft
  11. Lance Creek4,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Laramie Peak10,210 ft
  • Warbonnet Peak9,418 ft
  • Eagle Mountain9,130 ft
  • Reno Hill8,766 ft
  • Albany Peak7,700 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.