Sweetwater County, WY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, shaded from 6,030 ft on the southwest side to 9,560 ft on Pine Mountain
Elevation
9,560 ft 2,915 m8,670 ft 2,645 m8,230 ft 2,510 m7,350 ft 2,240 m6,470 ft 1,975 m6,030 ft 1,840 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Sweetwater County averages about 6,870 ft (2,095 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 6,030 ft on the southwest side to 9,560 ft on Pine Mountain.

Average elevation
6,870 ft 2,095 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,560 ft 2,915 m
on Pine Mountain
Lowest
6,030 ft 1,840 m
on the southwest side

Sweetwater County spans about 3,530 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 land6,870 ft2,095 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Pine Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
9,560 ft2,915 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
6,030 ft1,840 m

Elevation profile, south to north

87 mi south to north through Rock Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, shaded from 6,030 ft on the southwest side to 9,560 ft on Pine Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Wyoming, United States
Population
41,273 2024 est.
Land area
10,427.0 sq mi + 64.2 sq mi water
Density
4.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Wyoming Basin
Drains to
Gulf of California 75%, Mahoney Lakes basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Summit County, UT8,480 ft
  2. Sublette County8,020 ft
  3. Daggett County, UT7,630 ft
  4. Lincoln County7,410 ft
  5. Carbon County7,300 ft
  6. Uinta County7,250 ft
  7. Fremont County7,040 ft
  8. Sweetwater County6,870 ft
  9. Moffat County, CO6,720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pine Mountain9,560 ft
  • Little Mountain9,150 ft
  • Pine Butte8,760 ft
  • Steamboat Mountain8,705 ft
  • Quaking Asp Mountain8,670 ft
All 19 towns in Sweetwater County by typical elevation
  1. McKinnon7,080 ft
  2. Superior6,970 ft
  3. Bairoil6,860 ft
  4. Table Rock6,800 ft
  5. Arrowhead Springs6,740 ft
  6. Wamsutter6,720 ft
  7. Point of Rocks6,670 ft
  8. Farson6,620 ft
  9. Eden6,600 ft
  10. North Rock Springs6,490 ft
  11. Reliance6,430 ft
  12. Little America6,420 ft
  13. Washam6,400 ft
  14. Rock Springs6,340 ft
  15. Clearview Acres6,320 ft
  16. Granger6,270 ft
  17. Purple Sage6,220 ft
  18. Green River6,200 ft
  19. James Town6,140 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 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 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.