Moab, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,360 ft 1,635 m5,010 ft 1,525 m4,830 ft 1,475 m4,480 ft 1,365 m4,130 ft 1,260 m3,960 ft 1,205 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Moab sits at about 4,040 ft (1,235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,040 ft 1,235 m
most residents: 3,990–4,150 ft
Lowest
3,960 ft 1,205 m
on the west side
Highest
5,360 ft 1,635 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
4,200 ft 1,280 m
all land inside city limits
Moab spans about 1,400 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,040 ft1,235 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 5,360 ft1,635 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 3,960 ft1,205 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Moab | 4,030 ft1,230 m |
| Average of all land | 4,200 ft1,280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,040 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.5 °F95.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.4 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Grand County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 5,242 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,090 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.5733° N, 109.5498° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 84532
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Monticello7,050 ft
- La Sal6,740 ft
- Nucla, CO5,750 ft
- Naturita, CO5,430 ft
- Thompson Springs5,100 ft
- Castle Valley4,790 ft
- Spanish Valley4,790 ft
- Loma, CO4,540 ft
- Fruita, CO4,520 ft
- Green River4,070 ft
- Moab4,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah322nd highest of 334
- Towns in Grand Countylowest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Peale12,710 ft
- Mount Waas12,316 ft
- South Mountain11,790 ft
- Sevenmile Mesa7,180 ft
- Parriott Mesa6,140 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).
- 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.