Franklin, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, Alabama, shaded from 200 ft near the middle to 470 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
470 ft 145 m400 ft 125 m370 ft 110 m300 ft 90 m230 ft 70 m200 ft 60 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
360 ft 110 m
most residents: 280–390 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
near the middle
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on the southeast side
Average
340 ft 105 m
all land inside town limits

Franklin spans about 270 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Franklin
220 ft65 m
Airport (06A)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi east of the town limits
264 ft80 m
Average of all land340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, Alabama, shaded from 200 ft near the middle to 470 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Macon County, Alabama, United States
Population
568 2024 est.
Land area
15.1 sq mi
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4785° N, 85.8025° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Tallapoosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Moton Field Municipal (06A) 264 ft
ZIP codes 1
36083
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Loachapoka660 ft
  2. Eclectic540 ft
  3. Reeltown490 ft
  4. Notasulga490 ft
  5. Tuskegee390 ft
  6. Tallassee380 ft
  7. Franklin360 ft
  8. Redland340 ft
  9. Emerald Mountain330 ft
  10. Shorter280 ft
  11. Fitzpatrick270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Baxley Hill490 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.