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Old Posted May 22, 2026, 5:05 PM
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Select Cities by Elevation Gap between Lowest and Highest Points

I thought Denver and Phoenix would be higher but this is based on city limits from 1980, I wonder if Phoenix may have annexed land since then that makes their figure in this stat higher?

Elevation Gap(in Feet)
Between Lowest and Highest Point:

13,176'-Anchorage, AK
5,200'--Salt Lake City, UT
5,074'--Los Angeles, CA
4,020'--Honolulu, HI
3,563'--Cape Town, ZA
3,360'--Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3,140'--Hong Kong, China
2,125'--San Jose, CA
1,866'--Phoenix, AZ
1,754'--Oakland, CA
1,591'--San Diego, CA
1,283'--Vienna, Austria
1,073'--Portland, OR
934'----San Francisco, CA
800'----London, UK
775'----Nashville, TN
774'----Montreal, QC
700'----Tucson, AZ
674'----Austin, TX
660'----Pittsburgh, PA
564'----Birmingham, AL
527'----Cincinnati, OH
520'----Seattle, WA
495'----San Antonio, TX
489'----Baltimore, MD
479'----Cleveland, OH
444'----Toronto, ON
441'----Philadelphia, PA
410'----New York, NY
409'----Washington, DC
385'----El Paso, TX
379'----Louisville, KY
367'----Long Beach, CA
348'----Atlanta, GA
340'----Denver, CO
330'----Boston, MA
312'----Omaha, NE
300'----Kansas City, MO
296'----Dallas, TX
293'----Minneapolis, MN
284'----Oklahoma City, OK
278'----Newark, NJ
265'----Charlotte, NC
253'----Ft Worth, TX
229'----St Louis, MO
220'----Milwaukee, WI
208'----Columbus, OH
190'----Tulsa, OK
181'----Indianapolis, IN
140'----Memphis, TN
128'----Buffalo, NY
97'-----Detroit, MI
94'-----Chicago, IL
83'-----Houston, TX
40'-----Jacksonville, FL
33'-----New Orleans, LA
30'-----Miami, FL

https://www.usgs.gov/educational-resourc...ation-1980-census?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Last edited by dimondpark; Jun 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM.
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