10 of the highest cities and towns in Utah by elevation
Brian Head sits highest on this list.
The towns that follow are not ranked against each other. A published elevation is a single point chosen to represent a town, not a reading of the whole town, and different sources choose different points — so a few feet of difference on paper does not establish which town sits higher. They are listed alphabetically.
Scofield, population 25, is the smallest town on this list.
Highest towns in Utah
10 of 10| Town | County | Elevation (approx., ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Head | Iron County | 9,792 ft |
| Alta ‡ | Salt Lake County | 8,539 ft |
| Bicknell | Wayne County | 7,127 ft |
| Brighton † | Salt Lake County | 8,720 ft |
| Bryce Canyon City | Garfield County | 7,662 ft |
| Independence | Wasatch County | 7,981 ft |
| Loa | Wayne County | 7,063 ft |
| Lyman | Wayne County | 7,183 ft |
| Monticello | San Juan County | 7,068 ft |
| Scofield | Carbon County | 7,706 ft |
- †Brighton's municipal limits reach up its ski terrain. As with Alta, published figures for Brighton commonly describe the village core — another example of how the point a source chooses changes the number it reports for a resort town.
- ‡Alta's municipal limits reach up its ski terrain. Figures published elsewhere for Alta commonly describe the village where residents live — one of several points within the town's boundary that a source might use to represent it.
Park City isn't on this list because its town center sits at about 7,014 feet — short of every town that is. Its municipal limits climb well above its town center, which is why boundary-based figures can place it much higher.
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Highest towns in other states
Same franchise, state by state.
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About this list. Incorporated cities and towns are municipalities recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau; census-designated places, townships, and unincorporated communities are not included. Elevation figures come from the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program. Each elevation is approximate. A town does not have one single elevation — different sources choose different points to represent it, so the figure depends on which point is measured, and ours can differ from the figure other sources publish. The elevation column in our downloadable City lists is sampled separately, and often differs from the figure shown here. Where a candidate town's figures don't hold together well enough to stand behind, it's left out rather than the list padded — so some states run to fewer than ten.