Highland Lakes, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Lakes, Alabama, shaded from 690 ft on the southwest side to 1,210 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,210 ft 370 m1,080 ft 330 m1,010 ft 310 m880 ft 270 m750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Highland Lakes sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 790–920 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,210 ft 365 m
on the west side
Average
860 ft 260 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Highland Lakes spans about 520 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,210 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
690 ft210 m
Airport (BHM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
650 ft198 m
Average of all land860 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the middle of Highland Lakes.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Lakes, Alabama, shaded from 690 ft on the southwest side to 1,210 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Shelby County, Alabama, United States
Population
5,239 2020 Census
Land area
3.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,373 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.3977° N, 86.6479° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 650 ft
ZIP codes 1
35242
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shoal Creek840 ft
  2. Highland Lakes840 ft
  3. Eagle Point770 ft
  4. Dunnavant720 ft
  5. Vestavia Hills660 ft
  6. Meadowbrook590 ft
  7. Brook Highland580 ft
  8. Chelsea560 ft
  9. Indian Springs Village550 ft
  10. Vandiver550 ft
  11. Westover500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Signal Mountain1,573 ft
  • Sand Mountain, Shelby County1,530 ft
  • Double Oak Mountain1,500 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Highland Lakes is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.