diff --git a/doc/classes/HeightMapShape3D.xml b/doc/classes/HeightMapShape3D.xml
index ff120fa557f..ba79cbc89a5 100644
--- a/doc/classes/HeightMapShape3D.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/HeightMapShape3D.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,23 @@
 	</description>
 	<tutorials>
 	</tutorials>
+	<methods>
+		<method name="get_max_height" qualifiers="const">
+			<return type="float" />
+			<description>
+				Returns the largest height value found in [member map_data]. Recalculates only when [member map_data] changes.
+			</description>
+		</method>
+		<method name="get_min_height" qualifiers="const">
+			<return type="float" />
+			<description>
+				Returns the smallest height value found in [member map_data]. Recalculates only when [member map_data] changes.
+			</description>
+		</method>
+	</methods>
 	<members>
 		<member name="map_data" type="PackedFloat32Array" setter="set_map_data" getter="get_map_data" default="PackedFloat32Array(0, 0, 0, 0)">
-			Height map data, pool array must be of [member map_width] * [member map_depth] size.
+			Height map data. The array's size must be equal to [member map_width] multiplied by [member map_depth].
 		</member>
 		<member name="map_depth" type="int" setter="set_map_depth" getter="get_map_depth" default="2">
 			Number of vertices in the depth of the height map. Changing this will resize the [member map_data].
diff --git a/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.cpp b/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.cpp
index 718d701811f..35c905bd432 100644
--- a/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ Vector<real_t> HeightMapShape3D::get_map_data() const {
 	return map_data;
 }
 
+real_t HeightMapShape3D::get_min_height() const {
+	return min_height;
+}
+
+real_t HeightMapShape3D::get_max_height() const {
+	return max_height;
+}
+
 void HeightMapShape3D::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_map_width", "width"), &HeightMapShape3D::set_map_width);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_map_width"), &HeightMapShape3D::get_map_width);
@@ -186,6 +194,8 @@ void HeightMapShape3D::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_map_depth"), &HeightMapShape3D::get_map_depth);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_map_data", "data"), &HeightMapShape3D::set_map_data);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_map_data"), &HeightMapShape3D::get_map_data);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_min_height"), &HeightMapShape3D::get_min_height);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_max_height"), &HeightMapShape3D::get_max_height);
 
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "map_width", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.001,100,0.001,or_greater"), "set_map_width", "get_map_width");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "map_depth", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.001,100,0.001,or_greater"), "set_map_depth", "get_map_depth");
diff --git a/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.h b/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.h
index 5fe00ec0b1a..eff025c816b 100644
--- a/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.h
+++ b/scene/resources/height_map_shape_3d.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ public:
 	void set_map_data(Vector<real_t> p_new);
 	Vector<real_t> get_map_data() const;
 
+	real_t get_min_height() const;
+	real_t get_max_height() const;
+
 	virtual Vector<Vector3> get_debug_mesh_lines() const override;
 	virtual real_t get_enclosing_radius() const override;