Lincoln County, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
11,370 ft 3,465 m9,930 ft 3,025 m9,210 ft 2,805 m7,770 ft 2,365 m6,320 ft 1,930 m5,600 ft 1,710 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
Lincoln County averages about 7,410 ft (2,255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,600 ft on the northwest side to 11,370 ft on Wyoming Peak.
Average elevation
7,410 ft 2,255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
11,370 ft 3,465 m
on Wyoming Peak
Lowest
5,600 ft 1,710 m
on the northwest side
Lincoln County spans about 5,770 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 | 7,410 ft2,255 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Wyoming Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 11,370 ft3,465 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 5,600 ft1,710 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
48 mi south to north through Kemmerer.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 21,000 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4,075.3 sq mi + 19.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 5.2 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform regions
- Middle Rocky Mountains 80%, Wyoming Basin 20%
- Drains to
- Gulf of California 54%, Pacific Ocean 25%, Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Teton County8,090 ft
- Sublette County8,020 ft
- Lincoln County7,410 ft
- Uinta County7,250 ft
- Rich County, UT6,920 ft
- Sweetwater County6,870 ft
- Bear Lake County, ID6,860 ft
- Caribou County, ID6,520 ft
- Bonneville County, ID6,120 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Wyoming5th highest of 23
- Counties in the United States49th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Wyoming Peak11,370 ft
- Mount Fitzpatrick10,880 ft
- Clause Peak10,617 ft
- Red Top Mountain10,390 ft
- Graham Peak10,330 ft
All 24 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
- Kemmerer7,040 ft
- Diamondville6,950 ft
- Oakley6,930 ft
- Opal6,660 ft
- Smoot6,620 ft
- La Barge6,600 ft
- Fontenelle6,470 ft
- Taylor6,420 ft
- Turnerville6,380 ft
- Osmond6,290 ft
- Star Valley Ranch6,260 ft
- Afton6,250 ft
- Bedford6,240 ft
- Fairview6,230 ft
- Cokeville6,200 ft
- Grover6,150 ft
- Auburn6,070 ft
- Nordic5,970 ft
- Thayne5,930 ft
- Etna5,800 ft
- Alpine Northeast5,790 ft
- Freedom5,780 ft
- Alpine5,660 ft
- Alpine Northwest5,630 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.
- 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, 5,600 ft at 43.1607° N, 110.9985° 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.