Alabama Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alabama, shaded from sea level on Mississippi Sound to 2,413 ft on Cheaha Mountain
Elevation
2,410 ft 735 m1,810 ft 550 m1,510 ft 460 m900 ft 275 m300 ft 90 m0 ft 0 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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State area
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Elevation Data

Alabama averages about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Mississippi Sound to 2,413 ft on Cheaha Mountain.

Average elevation
460 ft 140 m
all land in Alabama
Highest
2,413 ft 736 m
on Cheaha Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Mississippi Sound

Alabama spans about 2,410 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 land460 ft140 m
Highest point
In Alabama, on Cheaha Mountain (NGS survey height)
2,413 ft736 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Mississippi Sound
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

145 mi west to east through Huntsville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alabama, shaded from sea level on Mississippi Sound to 2,413 ft on Cheaha Mountain
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
State in the East South Central division of the South region, United States
Population
5,157,699 2024 est.
Land area
50,651.6 sq mi + 1,768.4 sq mi water
Density
102 per sq mi
Counties
67
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Coastal Plain 63%, Appalachian Plateaus 15%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Tennessee950 ft
  2. Georgia510 ft
  3. Alabama460 ft
  4. Mississippi290 ft
  5. Florida63 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States43rd highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Bald Rock, Cleburne County2,360 ft
  • Hernandez Peak2,340 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
All 67 counties by average elevation
  1. DeKalb County1,220 ft
  2. Jackson County1,070 ft
  3. Cleburne County1,060 ft
  4. Clay County1,010 ft
  5. Randolph County940 ft
  6. Marshall County920 ft
  7. Blount County790 ft
  8. Madison County790 ft
  9. Etowah County760 ft
  10. Cherokee County760 ft
  11. Cullman County760 ft
  12. Franklin County750 ft
  13. Calhoun County750 ft
  14. Winston County730 ft
  15. Chambers County720 ft
  16. Morgan County720 ft
  17. Limestone County700 ft
  18. St. Clair County690 ft
  19. Lawrence County690 ft
  20. Lauderdale County650 ft
  21. Coosa County640 ft
  22. Tallapoosa County640 ft
  23. Marion County640 ft
  24. Talladega County620 ft
  25. Colbert County610 ft
  26. Lee County600 ft
  27. Jefferson County580 ft
  28. Shelby County560 ft
  29. Chilton County530 ft
  30. Fayette County480 ft
  31. Walker County470 ft
  32. Pike County410 ft
  33. Bullock County410 ft
  34. Bibb County410 ft
  35. Lamar County390 ft
  36. Barbour County380 ft
  37. Elmore County380 ft
  38. Crenshaw County370 ft
  39. Tuscaloosa County360 ft
  40. Autauga County360 ft
  41. Butler County340 ft
  42. Russell County340 ft
  43. Macon County340 ft
  44. Henry County330 ft
  45. Dale County310 ft
  46. Coffee County310 ft
  47. Conecuh County290 ft
  48. Perry County280 ft
  49. Montgomery County280 ft
  50. Pickens County270 ft
  51. Covington County260 ft
  52. Lowndes County260 ft
  53. Monroe County250 ft
  54. Houston County220 ft
  55. Escambia County210 ft
  56. Hale County210 ft
  57. Geneva County200 ft
  58. Choctaw County200 ft
  59. Clarke County200 ft
  60. Dallas County190 ft
  61. Wilcox County180 ft
  62. Sumter County180 ft
  63. Greene County170 ft
  64. Marengo County170 ft
  65. Washington County150 ft
  66. Mobile County120 ft
  67. Baldwin County100 ft
All 8 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama SDTSA980 ft
  2. United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation SDTSA730 ft
  3. Echota Cherokee SDTSA730 ft
  4. Southeastern Mvskoke Nation SDTSA400 ft
  5. Poarch Creek Reservation280 ft
  6. MaChis Lower Creek SDTSA270 ft
  7. Cher-O-Creek SDTSA220 ft
  8. MOWA Choctaw (state) Reservation90 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −3 ft at 30.2963° N, 88.1385° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.