Nature · Colorado · summit-area surface with structures possible
Pikes Peak: terrain elevation and local relief
Pikes Peak uses an approximately 4,299-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,629 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 4,299 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Colorado · summit-area surface with structures possible
- In feet, rounded
- 14,105.9 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 4299.5 m at 38.840278°, -105.044167°.
- Local base
- 2670.7 m at 38.870556°, -104.981389°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -105.107639°, east -104.980972°; south 38.809028°, north 38.872083°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 24.1 m east-west and 30.8 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
The City of Colorado Springs describes Pikes Peak as a 14,115-foot mountain, equivalent mathematically to 4,302.252 meters. The whole-foot source does not establish millimeter measurement accuracy. This Copernicus section reaches approximately 4,299 meters in EGM2008. The surface may contain older summit structures and predates the visitor center opened in 2021; it is not a measurement to that building’s roof.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 2670.7 meters at 38.870556° latitude, -104.981389° longitude. This produces about 1,629 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Pikes Peak uses an approximately 4,299-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,629 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- City of Colorado Springs: Olympic City USA facts, Pikes Peak reference
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
- Copernicus source terrain tile 2 (GeoTIFF)
Pikes Peak’s 14,115-foot city reference remains distinct from the approximately 4,299-meter sampled surface and any visitor-center height.
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