Colorado

Royal Gorge

Floor1,598 m5,243 ft

Depth: 692 m
Rim: 2,487 m
Length: 35.1 km
Tonight: 44°FCloudy · Wind 5 mph W

Royal Gorge is up to 692 m deep: the rim reaches 2,487 m and the floor 1,598 m, along 35.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,598 m

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Depth

Depth of Royal Gorge

Up to 692 m deep (typically 306 m) along the 35.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Royal Gorge 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Royal Gorge terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Royal Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Royal Gorge weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 44°F (7°C) · 17% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph W

Royal Gorge forecast for about 1,828 m.

Tonight44°17%5 mph W
Sat39°57°88%0–15 mph ESE
Sun38°56°64%0–10 mph ESE
Mon35°58°11%0–10 mph SW
Tue34°63°1%5–10 mph WSW
Wed35°62°2%10 mph WSW
Thu36°61°5%5–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 28.5 × 28.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

47.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.3%

Steep, 30–45°

15.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 17.0% of the 812 km² view
Relief in view: 1,271 m low point 1,592 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.3%Grassland 33.8%Built-up 2.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%Cropland 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 14.2 km of Royal Gorge.

Summit list 5

1Baldy Mountain2,078 m 2.8 km ESE
2Fremont Peak2,163 m 5.2 km E
3Nonans Peak2,088 m 5.7 km ESE
4Y M C A Mountain2,114 m 5.7 km SE
5Dawson Mountain2,428 m 8.6 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 14.2 km; 917 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Tree cholla316
Habronattus arcalorus168
Prairie Lizard149
Colorado Checkered Whiptail134
Bighorn Sheep120
Scarlet hedgehog cactus86

Where it sits

Where Royal Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount HarvardPeak · 4,391 m100 km WNW

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JPGRoyal Gorge satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-05.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
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