Colorado topographic map
Interactive map
Click on the map to display elevation.
About this map
Name: Colorado topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Colorado, United States (36.99252 -109.06019 41.00340 -102.04159)
Average elevation: 2,060 m
Minimum elevation: 1,020 m
Maximum elevation: 4,379 m
Thirty days later on February 28, 1861, outgoing U.S. President James Buchanan signed an Act of Congress organizing the free Territory of Colorado. The original boundaries of Colorado remain unchanged except for government survey amendments. The name Colorado was chosen because it was commonly believed that the Colorado River originated in the territory. In 1776, Spanish priest Silvestre Vélez de Escalante recorded that Native Americans in the area knew the river as el Rio Colorado for the red-brown silt that the river carried from the mountains. In 1859, a U.S. Army topographic expedition led by Captain John Macomb located the confluence of the Green River with the Grand River in what is now Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The Macomb party designated the confluence as the source of the Colorado River.
Other topographic maps
Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain.
Colorado Springs
United States > Colorado > El Paso County
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Average elevation: 2,252 m
Lubbock
United States > Texas > Lubbock County
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, United States
Average elevation: 983 m
Merritt Island
United States > Florida > Brevard County > Cocoa
Merritt Island, Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, United States
Average elevation: 4 m
Baton Rouge
United States > Louisiana > East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States
Average elevation: 13 m
Hoboken
United States > New Jersey > Hudson County
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07030, United States
Average elevation: 14 m
James Island
United States > South Carolina > Charleston County
James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, 29412, United States
Average elevation: 3 m
Seminole County
Seminole County, Florida, United States
Average elevation: 14 m
Westchester County
Westchester County, New York, United States
Average elevation: 95 m
Seattle
United States > Washington > King County
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
Average elevation: 40 m
Phoenix
United States > Arizona > Maricopa County
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Average elevation: 481 m
West Tennessee
West Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Average elevation: 127 m
Bozeman
United States > Montana > Gallatin County
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, United States
Average elevation: 1,495 m
Glendale
United States > California > Los Angeles County
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Average elevation: 433 m
Golden
United States > Colorado > Jefferson County
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Average elevation: 1,936 m
Saint George
United States > Utah > Washington County
Saint George, Washington County, Utah, United States
Average elevation: 929 m
Sunnyvale
United States > California > Santa Clara County
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Average elevation: 24 m
Orlando
United States > Florida > Orange County
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States
Average elevation: 30 m
Newton Township
United States > Ohio > Trumbull County
Newton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States
Average elevation: 285 m
Orange County
Orange County, California, United States
Average elevation: 112 m
Bismarck
United States > North Dakota > Burleigh County
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States
Average elevation: 523 m
Simi Valley
United States > California > Ventura County
Simi Valley, Ventura County, CAL Fire Contract Counties, California, United States
Average elevation: 405 m
San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Average elevation: 63 m
USA
United States > Texas > Tarrant County > Arlington
USA, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, 76011, United States
Average elevation: 170 m
Palm Desert
United States > California > Riverside County
Palm Desert, Riverside County, CAL Fire Southern Region, California, United States
Average elevation: 178 m
Fairfield
United States > Iowa > Jefferson County
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, United States
Average elevation: 230 m
Sioux Falls
United States > South Dakota > Minnehaha County
Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Average elevation: 445 m
Redding
United States > California > Shasta County
Redding, Shasta County, CAL Fire Northern Region, California, United States
Average elevation: 240 m
Bellevue
United States > Washington > King County
Bellevue, King County, Washington, United States
Average elevation: 66 m
Lake Charles
United States > Louisiana > Calcasieu Parish
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States
Average elevation: 5 m
Olathe
United States > Kansas > Johnson County
Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, United States
Average elevation: 309 m
Hernando County
Hernando County, Florida, United States
Average elevation: 18 m
Ontario
United States > Oregon > Malheur County > Ontario
Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 97914, United States
Average elevation: 660 m
Leander
United States > Texas > Williamson County > Leander
Leander, Williamson County, Texas, 78641, United States
Average elevation: 297 m
Chatham County
United States > Georgia > Chatham County
Chatham County, Georgia, United States
Average elevation: 3 m
Laramie
United States > Wyoming > Albany County
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States
Average elevation: 2,219 m