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Colorado maps: printable and free

5 free maps of Colorado: high-resolution PNG (300 dpi) and PDF for US Letter or A4.

PDF = US Letter; A4 for other countries. Tap a map to view it full size. Free for personal, school and commercial use.

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

1. Colorado blank outline map

The state border only, with a scale bar. Good for labeling, coloring and tracing.

Blank outline map of Colorado with no labels: about 377 miles wide and 277 miles tall, on a letter-size page.View full size
Blank outline map of Colorado with no labels: about 377 miles wide and 277 miles tall, on a letter-size page.
PNG (3,100 × 2,421, 38 KB)PDF, US Letter (10 KB)PDF, A4 (10 KB)

2. Colorado county map

All 64 counties, outlined without names.

Map of Colorado showing the borders of its 64 counties, without names.View full size
Map of Colorado showing the borders of its 64 counties, without names.
PNG (3,100 × 2,421, 98 KB)PDF, US Letter (42 KB)PDF, A4 (42 KB)

3. Colorado labeled county map

The same 64 counties, each named. Names that don't fit inside a small area sit just outside, joined by a short line.

Map of Colorado's 64 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Las Animas County, the largest by land area.View full size
Map of Colorado's 64 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Las Animas County, the largest by land area.
PNG (3,100 × 2,421, 145 KB)PDF, US Letter (48 KB)PDF, A4 (48 KB)

4. Colorado map with major cities

23 cities, chosen by 2024 Census population and spaced so no labels overlap. The capital is marked with a star.

Map of Colorado with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Denver (capital), Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Lakewood.View full size
Map of Colorado with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Denver (capital), Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Lakewood.
PNG (3,100 × 2,421, 142 KB)PDF, US Letter (48 KB)PDF, A4 (48 KB)

5. Colorado elevation map

USGS 3DEP elevation as color plus hillshade. Legend in feet with meters underneath; triangles mark the high and low points, a star the capital.

Shaded-relief elevation map of Colorado, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Mount Elbert (14,440 ft, highest), the Arikaree River low point (3,315 ft) and Denver, with a legend in feet and meters.View full size
Shaded-relief elevation map of Colorado, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Mount Elbert (14,440 ft, highest), the Arikaree River low point (3,315 ft) and Denver, with a legend in feet and meters.
PNG (3,100 × 2,421, 2.4 MB)PDF, US Letter (859 KB)PDF, A4 (875 KB)

Colorado: shape, counties and terrain

Colorado spans about 377 miles from east to west and 277 miles from north to south, with 103,637 square miles of land. Its outline is close to a rectangle: the state fills 96% of the box drawn around it on the map. The boundary is a single piece of land with no islands.

Colorado has 64 counties. The largest by land area is Las Animas County (4,773 sq mi) and the smallest is Broomfield County (33 sq mi). The capital, Denver, sits at 5,276 ft downtown (USGS).

Elevation runs from 3,315 ft (1,010 m) on the Arikaree River to 14,440 ft (4,401 m) at Mount Elbert in Lake County, a range of 11,125 ft. The sampled average is about 6,948 ft.

On the relief map's elevation grid, 26% of the state lies below 5,000 ft, 65% between 5,000 and 10,000 ft and 9% above 10,000 ft. Split from west to east into thirds, the western third averages 7,611 ft, the central third 8,057 ft and the eastern third 4,659 ft, so the land is highest in the central third and lowest in the eastern third.

More figures, with sources: Colorado elevation: highest, lowest and average points.

How teachers and students can use these maps

  • Blank map: label Denver, the capital, and the largest cities, then check them against the cities map. Older students can draw in rivers or mountain ranges from an atlas.
  • County map: find your own county among the 64. The labeled version works as an answer key; the blank one as a quiz.
  • Cities map: Denver to Durango is about 232 miles in a straight line. Measure it with the scale bar and see how close you get.
  • Elevation map: find Mount Elbert (14,440 ft) and the Arikaree River (3,315 ft), and work out the difference: 11,125 ft. Then use the legend to estimate the elevation of your town and check it with our elevation tool.
  • Printing: each map has a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. The PDFs are vector files, so lines and labels stay sharp at any size. The outline maps use very little ink in black and white.

License: free to use

These maps are free for personal, school and commercial use. Print them, copy them, change them, and use them in worksheets, slides, books, apps or websites. No permission or fee is needed. A credit is appreciated: Map: MyCurrentElevation.org.

The data behind them (US Census Bureau boundaries and population, USGS elevation) is in the public domain. Inter, the typeface on the maps, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Sources

How each number is produced: methodology and data sources.

Other states and the US map: all printable maps · Colorado elevation

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

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