Tucson, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tucson, Arizona, shaded from 2,210 ft on the northwest side to 3,280 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
3,280 ft 1,000 m3,010 ft 920 m2,880 ft 875 m2,610 ft 795 m2,340 ft 715 m2,210 ft 675 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tucson sits at about 2,510 ft (765 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,510 ft 765 m
most residents: 2,350–2,770 ft
Lowest
2,210 ft 675 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,280 ft 1,000 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,670 ft 815 m
all land inside city limits

Tucson spans about 1,070 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
2,510 ft765 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
3,280 ft1,000 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,210 ft675 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tucson
2,480 ft755 m
Airport (TUS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi south of the city limits
2,643 ft806 m
Average of all land2,670 ft815 m
Nearest peak
Wasson Peak, 5.9 mi west of the city limits (NGS survey)
4,686 ft1,428 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tucson, Arizona, shaded from 2,210 ft on the northwest side to 3,280 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
City in Pima County, Arizona, United States
Population
554,013 2024 est.
Land area
242.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,281 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.2217° N, 110.9265° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Santa Cruz River
Airport
Tucson International (TUS) 2,643 ft
ZIP codes 28
85641 85701 85705 85706 85707 85708 85709 85710 85711 85712 85713 85714 85715 85716 85718 85719 85721 85723 85724 85726 85730 85734 85745 85746 85747 85748 85749 85756
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Catalina Foothills2,700 ft
  2. Tanque Verde2,680 ft
  3. Summit2,620 ft
  4. Tucson Estates2,550 ft
  5. Drexel Heights2,550 ft
  6. Tucson2,510 ft
  7. South Tucson2,430 ft
  8. Kleindale2,400 ft
  9. Tucson Mountains2,390 ft
  10. Casas Adobes2,360 ft
  11. Flowing Wells2,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Lemmon9,191 ft
  • Mica Mountain8,660 ft
  • Rincon Peak8,460 ft
  • Cathedral Rock7,900 ft
  • Wasson Peak4,686 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,110 ft at 32.3088° N, 111.0463° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.