Baldwin County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baldwin County, Alabama, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 330 ft on the north side
Elevation
330 ft 100 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m41 ft 12 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.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Baldwin County averages about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Gulf of America to 330 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
100 ft 30 m
all land inside the county
Highest
330 ft 100 m
on the north side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Gulf of America

Baldwin County spans about 330 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 land100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
330 ft100 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Gulf of America
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Daphne.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baldwin County, Alabama, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 330 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
261,608 2024 est.
Land area
1,589.9 sq mi + 437.3 sq mi water
Density
165 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain 99%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Monroe County250 ft
  2. Escambia County210 ft
  3. Clarke County200 ft
  4. Washington County150 ft
  5. Escambia County, FL130 ft
  6. Mobile County120 ft
  7. Baldwin County100 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Stony Hill210 ft
All 20 towns in Baldwin County by typical elevation
  1. Bay Minette260 ft
  2. Perdido240 ft
  3. Stapleton200 ft
  4. Loxley170 ft
  5. Silverhill140 ft
  6. Robertsdale140 ft
  7. Daphne130 ft
  8. Spanish Fort130 ft
  9. Summerdale110 ft
  10. Fairhope100 ft
  11. Stockton100 ft
  12. Foley66 ft
  13. Elberta54 ft
  14. Lillian37 ft
  15. Point Clear25 ft
  16. Magnolia Springs24 ft
  17. Perdido Beach19 ft
  18. Bon Secour17 ft
  19. Gulf Shores13 ft
  20. Orange Beach12 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 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. 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 30.3007° N, 87.6251° 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 counties 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 county 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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.