Elevation of Lakewood
5,520ft
above sea level · 1,682 m
Lakewood is a city in Colorado with 156,927 people, the 5th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 39.70° N · 105.08° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 42′ 17″ N · 105° 4′ 53″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 13S · 493,024 E · 4,394,987 N
- Zone 13 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Mountain Time
- UTC−7 · UTC−6 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 156,927 people
- 43.5 sq mi of land · 3,608 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from February 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Lakewood had 156,927 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.6% more than in April 2020, when it had 155,986. Its 43.5 sq mi of land work out to 3,608 people/sq mi; the state average is 58 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 482 places the Census counts in Colorado (cities, towns and CDPs), after Denver (740,613), and holds 2.6% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Jefferson County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.0 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Lakewood sits at 5,520 ft (1,682 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Lakewood is 4,658 ft above it.
The state capital, Denver, is 5.7 mi away in a straight line and 244 ft lower than Lakewood.
Of the 12 cities in Colorado with a page, Lakewood is the 2nd highest: the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is Greeley (4,674 ft).
The highest point in Colorado is Mount Elbert, at 14,433 ft according to the USGS: 8,913 ft above Lakewood, 83 mi away in a straight line.
- 1 Lakewood 5,520 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Lakewood.
What is the elevation of Lakewood?
Lakewood is 5,520 feet (1,682 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Lakewood?
Latitude 39.70471 and longitude -105.08137, in decimal degrees (39° 42′ 17″ N · 105° 4′ 53″ W). In UTM, zone 13: 493,024 E and 4,394,987 N, on NAD83.
How does Lakewood rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Lakewood in?
Jefferson County, Colorado.
Which is higher, Lakewood or Denver?
Lakewood. Lakewood sits at 5,520 ft and Denver at 5,276 ft: a difference of 244 ft, 5.7 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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