Washoe County, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washoe County, Nevada, shaded from 3,770 ft on the south side to 10,760 ft on Mount Rose
Elevation
10,760 ft 3,280 m9,010 ft 2,745 m8,140 ft 2,480 m6,390 ft 1,945 m4,640 ft 1,415 m3,770 ft 1,150 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Washoe County averages about 5,400 ft (1,645 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,770 ft on the south side to 10,760 ft on Mount Rose.

Average elevation
5,400 ft 1,645 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,760 ft 3,280 m
on Mount Rose
Lowest
3,770 ft 1,150 m
on the south side

Washoe County spans about 6,990 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 land5,400 ft1,645 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Rose (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,760 ft3,280 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
3,770 ft1,150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

193 mi south to north through Reno.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washoe County, Nevada, shaded from 3,770 ft on the south side to 10,760 ft on Mount Rose
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
County in Nevada, United States
Population
507,280 2024 est.
Land area
6,315.9 sq mi + 225.0 sq mi water
Density
80 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range 94%
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 33%, Pyramid Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 29%, Guano Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%, Duck Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Carson City5,750 ft
  2. Sierra County, CA5,730 ft
  3. Storey County5,610 ft
  4. Washoe County5,400 ft
  5. Lassen County, CA5,390 ft
  6. Lyon County5,230 ft
  7. Lake County, OR5,160 ft
  8. Humboldt County5,090 ft
  9. Modoc County, CA5,000 ft
  10. Pershing County4,880 ft
  11. Harney County, OR4,860 ft
  12. Churchill County4,740 ft
  13. Nevada County, CA4,080 ft
  14. Placer County, CA3,650 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Nevada10th highest of 16
  • Counties in the United States149th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Rose10,760 ft
  • Granite Mountain8,980 ft
  • Tule Peak8,726 ft
  • Virginia Peak8,360 ft
  • Peavine Mountain8,269 ft
All 17 towns in Washoe County by typical elevation
  1. Incline Village6,480 ft
  2. Crystal Bay6,390 ft
  3. Golden Valley5,140 ft
  4. Washoe Valley5,110 ft
  5. Cold Springs5,080 ft
  6. Lemmon Valley4,940 ft
  7. Verdi4,900 ft
  8. Mogul4,760 ft
  9. Sun Valley4,760 ft
  10. Reno4,570 ft
  11. Spanish Springs4,530 ft
  12. Sparks4,450 ft
  13. Wadsworth4,100 ft
  14. Empire4,020 ft
  15. Gerlach3,950 ft
  16. Nixon3,920 ft
  17. Sutcliffe3,900 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.
  • 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.