Grand Canyon West, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Canyon West, Arizona, shaded from 1,150 ft on the north side to 4,920 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
4,920 ft 1,500 m3,980 ft 1,210 m3,510 ft 1,070 m2,570 ft 780 m1,620 ft 495 m1,150 ft 350 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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

Grand Canyon West sits at about 4,400 ft (1,340 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,400 ft 1,340 m
few residents
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the north side
Highest
4,920 ft 1,500 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,650 ft 1,110 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Grand Canyon West spans about 3,770 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
4,400 ft1,340 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
4,920 ft1,500 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,150 ft350 m
Airport (1G4)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
4,817 ft1,468 m
Average of all land3,650 ft1,110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the middle of Grand Canyon West.

Altitude Effects

What 4,400 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.8 °F95.5 °C

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

Air pressure
85% of sea level

25.5 inHg (86.2 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.8% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+9% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Canyon West, Arizona, shaded from 1,150 ft on the north side to 4,920 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Population
0 2020 Census
Land area
17.2 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Coordinates
36.0044° N, 113.8041° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Grand Canyon West (1G4) 4,817 ft
ZIP codes 1
86434
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Peach Springs4,910 ft
  2. Grand Canyon West4,400 ft
  3. Truxton4,360 ft
  4. Crozier4,030 ft
  5. Hackberry3,900 ft
  6. Valentine3,850 ft
  7. Antares3,520 ft
  8. Dolan Springs3,450 ft
  9. White Hills3,400 ft
  10. Valle Vista3,220 ft
  11. Meadview3,080 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Logan7,870 ft
  • Mount Tipton7,153 ft
  • Mount Dellenbaugh7,076 ft
  • Poverty Mountain6,790 ft
  • Grassy Mountain6,590 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.
  • Grand Canyon West 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.