Needles, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Needles, California, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 1,130 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m960 ft 295 m880 ft 270 m710 ft 215 m540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Needles sits at about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 175 m
most residents: 480–670 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the south side
Average
700 ft 215 m
all land inside city limits

Needles spans about 670 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
580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Needles
490 ft150 m
Airport (EED)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
983 ft300 m
Average of all land700 ft215 m
Nearest peak
Mount Manchester, 8.6 mi northwest of the city limits
3,550 ft1,080 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Needles, California, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 1,130 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in San Bernardino County, California, United States
Population
4,839 2024 est.
Land area
30.6 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
158 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8481° N, 114.6141° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Needles (EED) 983 ft
ZIP codes 1
92363
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oatman, AZ2,780 ft
  2. Golden Shores, AZ680 ft
  3. Fort Mohave, AZ590 ft
  4. Needles580 ft
  5. Bullhead City, AZ560 ft
  6. Mesquite Creek, AZ550 ft
  7. Topock, AZ490 ft
  8. Willow Valley, AZ480 ft
  9. Mojave Ranch Estates, AZ480 ft
  10. Mohave Valley, AZ470 ft
  11. Arizona Village, AZ470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spirit Mountain5,642 ft
  • Mount Nutt5,218 ft
  • Crossman Peak5,070 ft
  • Chemehuevi Peak3,697 ft
  • Mount Manchester3,550 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).
  • 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.