Summit County, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
13,450 ft 4,100 m11,400 ft 3,475 m10,380 ft 3,165 m8,330 ft 2,540 m6,280 ft 1,915 m5,260 ft 1,605 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Summit County averages about 8,480 ft (2,585 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,260 ft on the west side to 13,451 ft on Gilbert Peak.
Average elevation
8,480 ft 2,585 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,451 ft 4,100 m
on Gilbert Peak
Lowest
5,260 ft 1,605 m
on the west side
Summit County spans about 8,190 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 8,480 ft2,585 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Gilbert Peak (NGS survey height) | 13,451 ft4,100 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 5,260 ft1,605 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
51 mi west to east through Summit Park.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Utah, United States
- Population
- 43,109 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,870.7 sq mi + 10.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 23 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Middle Rocky Mountains 97%
- Drains to
- Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 75%, Gulf of California 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Summit County8,480 ft
- Wasatch County8,070 ft
- Duchesne County7,770 ft
- Daggett County7,630 ft
- Uinta County, WY7,250 ft
- Rich County6,920 ft
- Sweetwater County, WY6,870 ft
- Morgan County6,750 ft
- Salt Lake County5,730 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Utahhighest of 29
- Counties in the United States23rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Gilbert Peak13,451 ft
- Tokewanna Peak13,140 ft
- Lamotte Peak12,726 ft
- Yard Peak12,690 ft
- Mount Watson11,510 ft
All 17 towns in Summit County by typical elevation
- Samak7,270 ft
- Park City6,830 ft
- Woodland6,750 ft
- Summit Park6,610 ft
- East Basin6,560 ft
- Francis6,540 ft
- Silver Summit6,540 ft
- Kamas6,490 ft
- Oakley6,490 ft
- Snyderville6,480 ft
- Marion6,470 ft
- Peoa6,250 ft
- Wanship5,900 ft
- Hoytsville5,700 ft
- Echo5,660 ft
- Coalville5,610 ft
- Henefer5,350 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.