Las Vegas, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Las Vegas, Nevada, shaded from 1,730 ft on the east side to 5,240 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,240 ft 1,600 m4,360 ft 1,330 m3,920 ft 1,195 m3,050 ft 930 m2,170 ft 660 m1,730 ft 525 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.
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

Las Vegas sits at about 2,360 ft (720 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,360 ft 720 m
most residents: 1,860–2,900 ft
Lowest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the east side
Highest
5,240 ft 1,600 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,600 ft 790 m
all land inside city limits

Las Vegas spans about 3,510 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
2,360 ft720 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
5,240 ft1,600 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,730 ft525 m
Town center
USGS map point for Las Vegas
2,000 ft610 m
Airport (LAS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi south of the city limits
2,183 ft665 m
Average of all land2,600 ft790 m
Nearest peak
Gass Peak, 4.7 mi north of the city limits (NGS survey)
6,946 ft2,117 m

Elevation profile, west to east

19 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Las Vegas, Nevada, shaded from 1,730 ft on the east side to 5,240 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
City in Clark County, Nevada, United States
Population
678,922 2024 est.
Land area
141.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
4,785 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.1750° N, 115.1372° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Harry Reid International (LAS) 2,183 ft
ZIP codes 21
89101 89102 89104 89106 89107 89108 89110 89117 89124 89128 89129 89130 89131 89134 89138 89143 89144 89145 89146 89149 89166
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summerlin South2,920 ft
  2. Spring Valley2,520 ft
  3. Enterprise2,440 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

  • Potosi Mountain8,490 ft
  • Gass Peak6,946 ft
  • Blue Diamond Hill4,950 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.