El Capitan, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Capitan, Arizona, shaded from 4,160 ft on the east side to 5,660 ft at the foot of the Pinal Mountains
Elevation
5,660 ft 1,725 m5,280 ft 1,610 m5,100 ft 1,555 m4,720 ft 1,440 m4,350 ft 1,325 m4,160 ft 1,270 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

El Capitan sits at about 4,770 ft (1,455 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,770 ft 1,455 m
few residents
Lowest
4,160 ft 1,270 m
on the east side
Highest
5,660 ft 1,725 m
at the foot of the Pinal Mountains
Average
4,810 ft 1,465 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

El Capitan spans about 1,500 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
4,770 ft1,455 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Pinal Mountains
5,660 ft1,725 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
4,160 ft1,270 m
Average of all land4,810 ft1,465 m
Nearest peak
Pinal Peak, 2.1 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
7,840 ft2,390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the middle of El Capitan.

Altitude Effects

What 4,770 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.1 °F95.1 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.1 inHg (85.0 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+10% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Capitan, Arizona, shaded from 4,160 ft on the east side to 5,660 ft at the foot of the Pinal Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Gila County, Arizona, United States
Population
48 2020 Census
Land area
6.1 sq mi
Density
7.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.2294° N, 110.7839° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
85501
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. El Capitan4,770 ft
  2. Icehouse Canyon3,950 ft
  3. Six Shooter Canyon3,840 ft
  4. Pinal3,760 ft
  5. Globe3,640 ft
  6. Miami3,500 ft
  7. Central Heights-Midland City3,490 ft
  8. Claypool3,430 ft
  9. East Globe3,420 ft
  10. Cutter3,210 ft
  11. Dripping Springs2,310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pinal Peak7,840 ft
  • El Capitan Mountain6,610 ft
  • Hog Mountain5,760 ft
  • Webster Mountain5,730 ft
  • Scott Mountain5,100 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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).
  • Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
  • 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.
  • El Capitan is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.