Lincoln County, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,680 ft 3,255 m8,440 ft 2,575 m7,330 ft 2,235 m5,090 ft 1,555 m2,860 ft 870 m1,740 ft 530 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lincoln County averages about 5,250 ft (1,600 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,740 ft on the southeast side to 10,680 ft on the north side.
Average elevation
5,250 ft 1,600 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,680 ft 3,255 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the southeast side
Lincoln County spans about 8,940 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 5,250 ft1,600 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the north side | 10,680 ft3,255 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 1,740 ft530 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
127 mi south to north through Caliente.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Nevada, United States
- Population
- 4,345 2024 est.
- Land area
- 10,633.4 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.4 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Gulf of California 46%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 38%, Groom Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- White Pine County6,830 ft
- Beaver County, UT6,370 ft
- Iron County, UT6,360 ft
- Nye County5,810 ft
- Millard County, UT5,400 ft
- Lincoln County5,250 ft
- Washington County, UT5,080 ft
- Mohave County, AZ3,750 ft
- Clark County3,360 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Nevada11th highest of 16
- Counties in the United States156th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Shingle Peak9,810 ft
- Highland Peak9,380 ft
- Bald Mountain9,352 ft
- Mount Montezuma9,120 ft
- Worthington Peak8,940 ft
All 11 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
- Mount Wilson6,580 ft
- Pioche5,900 ft
- Ursine5,590 ft
- Dry Valley5,190 ft
- Rachel4,810 ft
- Panaca4,770 ft
- Bennett Springs4,710 ft
- Beaverdam4,600 ft
- Caliente4,410 ft
- Hiko4,340 ft
- Alamo3,470 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.