Mineral County, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mineral County, Nevada, shaded from 3,940 ft on the northwest side to 11,250 ft on Mount Grant
Elevation
11,250 ft 3,430 m9,430 ft 2,875 m8,510 ft 2,595 m6,690 ft 2,040 m4,860 ft 1,480 m3,940 ft 1,200 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Mineral County averages about 5,910 ft (1,800 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,940 ft on the northwest side to 11,250 ft on Mount Grant.

Average elevation
5,910 ft 1,800 m
all land inside the county
Highest
11,250 ft 3,430 m
on Mount Grant
Lowest
3,940 ft 1,200 m
on the northwest side

Mineral County spans about 7,310 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land5,910 ft1,800 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Grant (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
11,250 ft3,430 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
3,940 ft1,200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

63 mi west to east through Hawthorne.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mineral County, Nevada, shaded from 3,940 ft on the northwest side to 11,250 ft on Mount Grant
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Nevada, United States
Population
4,475 2024 est.
Land area
3,751.3 sq mi + 60.2 sq mi water
Density
1.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Walker Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 50%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 42%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Mono County, CA7,800 ft
  2. Mineral County5,910 ft
  3. Nye County5,810 ft
  4. Esmeralda County5,670 ft
  5. Lyon County5,230 ft
  6. Churchill County4,740 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Grant11,250 ft
  • Cory Peak10,525 ft
  • Powell Mountain9,520 ft
  • Braly Peaks9,520 ft
  • Mount Hicks9,419 ft
All 4 towns in Mineral County by typical elevation
  1. Mina4,600 ft
  2. Hawthorne4,350 ft
  3. Walker Lake4,160 ft
  4. Schurz4,160 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.
  • 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, 3,940 ft at 38.7701° N, 118.7493° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.