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What is the elevation of las vegas nevada?

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By Steve Beauregard. Considering it is smack-dab in desert basin, Las Vegas has a surprisingly higher-than-expected altitude. In fact, the elevation of Las Vegas is just a little less than under ½ mile high, at 2,030 feet above sea level, or 620 meters. read more

Las Vegas (/ l ɑː s ˈ v eɪ ɡ ə s /, Spanish for "The Meadows"; Spanish: [laz ˈβeɣas]), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. read more

The lowest elevation in the Las Vegas area, by my calculation, is in Winchester, Nevada, an unincorporated area that encompasses part of the Strip, but mostly only around the north Strip area (think SLS Las Vegas), and the Las Vegas Convention Center. The elevation here is 1,919 feet above sea level. read more

Note: red lines indicate elevation below 2000 feet above sea level (lower parts of the Vegas Valley) Elevation is important from a temperature, flood, view and air quality standpoint. The most desirable areas are MLS #606 and 404 in Henderson and Summerlin (see the MLS map). read more

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