Salt Lake County, UT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salt Lake County, Utah, shaded from 4,200 ft on the west side to 11,470 ft on Twin Peaks
Elevation
11,470 ft 3,495 m9,650 ft 2,940 m8,740 ft 2,665 m6,920 ft 2,110 m5,100 ft 1,555 m4,200 ft 1,280 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Salt Lake County averages about 5,730 ft (1,745 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,200 ft on the west side to 11,470 ft on Twin Peaks.

Average elevation
5,730 ft 1,745 m
all land inside the county
Highest
11,470 ft 3,495 m
on Twin Peaks
Lowest
4,200 ft 1,280 m
on the west side

Salt Lake County spans about 7,270 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 land5,730 ft1,745 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Twin Peaks (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
11,470 ft3,495 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
4,200 ft1,280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Salt Lake City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salt Lake County, Utah, shaded from 4,200 ft on the west side to 11,470 ft on Twin Peaks
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Utah, United States
Population
1,216,274 2024 est.
Land area
752.7 sq mi + 52.8 sq mi water
Density
1,616 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Basin and Range 81%, Middle Rocky Mountains 19%
Drains to
Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Summit County8,480 ft
  2. Wasatch County8,070 ft
  3. Morgan County6,750 ft
  4. Utah County6,390 ft
  5. Salt Lake County5,730 ft
  6. Davis County5,020 ft
  7. Tooele County4,810 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Utah21st highest of 29
  • Counties in the United States127th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Twin Peaks11,470 ft
  • Twin Peaks11,300 ft
  • Gobblers Knob10,251 ft
  • Grandview Peak9,410 ft
  • Nelson Peak9,363 ft
All 24 towns in Salt Lake County by typical elevation
  1. Alta9,910 ft
  2. Brighton8,350 ft
  3. Emigration Canyon5,990 ft
  4. Copperton5,490 ft
  5. Granite5,080 ft
  6. Herriman4,930 ft
  7. Cottonwood Heights4,670 ft
  8. South Jordan4,650 ft
  9. Kearns4,650 ft
  10. West Jordan4,630 ft
  11. Sandy4,620 ft
  12. White City4,580 ft
  13. Riverton4,530 ft
  14. Bluffdale4,500 ft
  15. Draper4,500 ft
  16. Holladay4,490 ft
  17. Midvale4,390 ft
  18. Taylorsville4,360 ft
  19. Millcreek4,350 ft
  20. Magna4,350 ft
  21. Murray4,320 ft
  22. Salt Lake City4,310 ft
  23. West Valley City4,290 ft
  24. South Salt Lake4,260 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; 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; 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, 4,150 ft at 40.5229° N, 112.1488° 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.