Bullhead City, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bullhead City, Arizona, shaded from 480 ft on the south side to 2,050 ft at the foot of the Ute Mountains
Elevation
2,050 ft 625 m1,660 ft 505 m1,460 ft 445 m1,070 ft 325 m680 ft 205 m480 ft 145 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bullhead City sits at about 560 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
560 ft 170 m
most residents: 510–1,050 ft
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the south side
Highest
2,050 ft 625 m
at the foot of the Ute Mountains
Average
1,010 ft 305 m
all land inside city limits

Bullhead City spans about 1,570 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
560 ft170 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Ute Mountains
2,050 ft625 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
480 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bullhead City
550 ft170 m
Airport (IFP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
707 ft215 m
Average of all land1,010 ft305 m
Nearest peak
Mount Nutt, 7.0 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey)
5,218 ft1,590 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bullhead City, Arizona, shaded from 480 ft on the south side to 2,050 ft at the foot of the Ute Mountains
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Population
43,266 2024 est.
Land area
59.4 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
729 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.1478° N, 114.5683° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Laughlin/bullhead International (IFP) 707 ft
ZIP codes 2
86429 86442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Golden Valley2,850 ft
  2. Oatman2,780 ft
  3. Katherine890 ft
  4. Laughlin, NV710 ft
  5. Fort Mohave590 ft
  6. Bullhead City560 ft
  7. Mesquite Creek550 ft
  8. Willow Valley480 ft
  9. Mojave Ranch Estates480 ft
  10. Mohave Valley470 ft
  11. Arizona Village470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wabayuma Peak7,560 ft
  • Mount Tipton7,153 ft
  • Cherum Peak6,988 ft
  • Mount Perkins5,450 ft
  • Mount Nutt5,218 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.