Show Low, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Show Low, Arizona, shaded from 5,920 ft on the northwest side to 7,420 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
7,420 ft 2,260 m7,040 ft 2,145 m6,860 ft 2,090 m6,480 ft 1,975 m6,110 ft 1,860 m5,920 ft 1,805 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.
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Show Low sits at about 6,400 ft (1,950 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,400 ft 1,950 m
most residents: 6,350–6,530 ft
Lowest
5,920 ft 1,805 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,420 ft 2,260 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,420 ft 1,955 m
all land inside city limits

Show Low 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,400 ft1,950 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
7,420 ft2,260 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
5,920 ft1,805 m
Town center
USGS map point for Show Low
6,330 ft1,930 m
Airport (SOW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
6,416 ft1,956 m
Average of all land6,420 ft1,955 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,400 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.1 °F93.4 °C

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

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.6 inHg (80.0 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.5% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+13% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Show Low, Arizona, shaded from 5,920 ft on the northwest side to 7,420 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Navajo County, Arizona, United States
Population
12,366 2024 est.
Land area
65.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
189 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.2542° N, 110.0298° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Show Low Creek → Silver Creek → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Show Low Regional (SOW) 6,416 ft
ZIP codes 1
85901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pinetop Country Club7,230 ft
  2. Hondah7,200 ft
  3. Pinetop-Lakeside6,890 ft
  4. Lake of the Woods6,730 ft
  5. Wagon Wheel6,610 ft
  6. Pinedale6,500 ft
  7. Show Low6,400 ft
  8. Linden6,220 ft
  9. White Mountain Lake6,140 ft
  10. Shumway5,820 ft
  11. Taylor5,670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Baldy11,420 ft
  • Escudilla Mountain10,920 ft
  • Willow Mountain7,821 ft
  • Baker Mountain7,733 ft
  • Armer Mountain7,312 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.