Granite, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,170 ft 1,575 m5,020 ft 1,530 m4,950 ft 1,505 m4,790 ft 1,460 m4,640 ft 1,415 m4,570 ft 1,390 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Granite sits at about 4,660 ft (1,420 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,660 ft 1,420 m
few residents
Lowest
4,570 ft 1,390 m
on the west side
Highest
5,170 ft 1,575 m
at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
Average
4,720 ft 1,440 m
all land inside city limits
Granite spans about 600 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 4,660 ft1,420 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains | 5,170 ft1,575 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 4,570 ft1,390 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Granite | 4,700 ft1,430 m |
| Average of all land | 4,720 ft1,440 m |
| Nearest peak Vinegar Hill, 9.2 mi southwest of the city limits | 8,110 ft2,475 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,660 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.3 °F95.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
84% of sea level
25.2 inHg (85.4 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Grant County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 29 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 78 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.8093° N, 118.4177° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- North Fork John Day River → John Day River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97877
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Granite4,660 ft
- Sumpter4,450 ft
- Unity3,980 ft
- Long Creek3,760 ft
- Prairie City3,560 ft
- Baker City3,440 ft
- Ukiah3,370 ft
- Haines3,330 ft
- North Powder3,270 ft
- John Day3,080 ft
- Union2,790 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon6th highest of 425
- Towns in Grant County2nd highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Mountain8,909 ft
- Vinegar Hill8,110 ft
- Dixie Butte7,615 ft
- Desolation Butte7,030 ft
- Tower Mountain6,855 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.