Tropic, UT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tropic, Utah, shaded from 6,150 ft on the southeast side to 7,260 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
7,260 ft 2,215 m6,980 ft 2,130 m6,840 ft 2,085 m6,570 ft 2,000 m6,290 ft 1,915 m6,150 ft 1,875 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tropic sits at about 6,350 ft (1,935 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,350 ft 1,935 m
most residents: 6,290–6,540 ft
Lowest
6,150 ft 1,875 m
on the southeast side
Highest
7,260 ft 2,215 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,520 ft 1,990 m
all land inside town limits

Tropic spans about 1,110 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,350 ft1,935 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
7,260 ft2,215 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
6,150 ft1,875 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tropic
6,300 ft1,920 m
Airport (BCE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi northwest of the town limits
7,590 ft2,313 m
Average of all land6,520 ft1,990 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,350 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.2 °F93.4 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.7 inHg (80.1 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+13% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tropic, Utah, shaded from 6,150 ft on the southeast side to 7,260 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Garfield County, Utah, United States
Population
504 2024 est.
Land area
7.9 sq mi
Density
64 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6253° N, 112.0821° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Paria River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Bryce Canyon (BCE) 7,590 ft
ZIP codes 2
84718 84776
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bryce Canyon City7,670 ft
  2. Alton7,080 ft
  3. Hatch6,910 ft
  4. Panguitch6,620 ft
  5. Antimony6,530 ft
  6. Tropic6,350 ft
  7. Henrieville5,980 ft
  8. Cannonville5,890 ft
  9. Glendale5,850 ft
  10. Escalante5,820 ft
  11. Orderville5,510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Dutton11,040 ft
  • Griffin Top10,790 ft
  • Barney Top10,620 ft
  • Sandy Peak9,550 ft
  • Canaan Peak9,300 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.