Oro Valley, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oro Valley, Arizona, shaded from 2,380 ft on the southwest side to 3,570 ft at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains
Elevation
3,570 ft 1,090 m3,280 ft 1,000 m3,130 ft 955 m2,830 ft 860 m2,530 ft 770 m2,380 ft 725 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Oro Valley sits at about 2,730 ft (830 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,730 ft 830 m
most residents: 2,550–2,940 ft
Lowest
2,380 ft 725 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,570 ft 1,090 m
at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains
Average
2,770 ft 845 m
all land inside town limits

Oro Valley spans about 1,190 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
2,730 ft830 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains
3,570 ft1,090 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
2,380 ft725 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oro Valley
2,540 ft775 m
Average of all land2,770 ft845 m
Nearest peak
Cathedral Rock, 5.0 mi east of the town limits
7,900 ft2,410 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oro Valley, Arizona, shaded from 2,380 ft on the southwest side to 3,570 ft at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Town in Pima County, Arizona, United States
Population
48,855 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,391 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.3909° N, 110.9665° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Santa Cruz River
ZIP codes 4
85704 85737 85742 85755
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summerhaven8,040 ft
  2. Saddlebrooke3,320 ft
  3. Catalina3,110 ft
  4. Oro Valley2,730 ft
  5. Catalina Foothills2,700 ft
  6. Tucson2,510 ft
  7. Kleindale2,400 ft
  8. Tucson Mountains2,390 ft
  9. Casas Adobes2,360 ft
  10. Flowing Wells2,280 ft
  11. Rillito2,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Lemmon9,191 ft
  • Cathedral Rock7,900 ft
  • Black Mountain, Pinal County5,595 ft
  • Wasson Peak4,686 ft
  • Picacho Peak3,340 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.