Boulder City, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boulder City, Nevada, shaded from 1,710 ft on the southwest side to 3,650 ft near the middle
Elevation
3,650 ft 1,110 m3,160 ft 965 m2,920 ft 890 m2,440 ft 740 m1,950 ft 595 m1,710 ft 520 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Boulder City sits at about 2,410 ft (735 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,410 ft 735 m
most residents: 2,240–2,500 ft
Lowest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,650 ft 1,110 m
near the middle
Average
2,140 ft 650 m
all land inside city limits

Boulder City spans about 1,940 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
2,410 ft735 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
3,650 ft1,110 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,710 ft520 m
Town center
USGS map point for Boulder City
2,510 ft765 m
Airport (BVU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,203 ft671 m
Average of all land2,140 ft650 m
Nearest peak
Ireteba Peaks, 7.6 mi south of the city limits
5,050 ft1,540 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boulder City, Nevada, shaded from 1,710 ft on the southwest side to 3,650 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
City in Clark County, Nevada, United States
Population
15,029 2024 est.
Land area
212.3 sq mi
Density
71 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9786° N, 114.8325° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Boulder City Municipal (BVU) 2,203 ft
ZIP codes 2
89005 89044
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Nelson3,360 ft
  2. Enterprise2,440 ft
  3. Boulder City2,410 ft
  4. Las Vegas2,360 ft
  5. North Las Vegas2,070 ft
  6. Henderson2,070 ft
  7. Paradise2,020 ft
  8. Winchester1,960 ft
  9. Nellis AFB1,890 ft
  10. Sunrise Manor1,790 ft
  11. Whitney1,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • McCullough Mountain7,010 ft
  • Ireteba Peaks5,050 ft
  • Black Hill4,110 ft
  • Frenchman Mountain4,040 ft
  • Black Mountain, Clark County3,792 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.