Hoover, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hoover, Alabama, shaded from 370 ft on the southwest side to 1,200 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,200 ft 365 m990 ft 300 m890 ft 270 m680 ft 205 m470 ft 145 m370 ft 110 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hoover sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 450–910 ft
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the east side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside city limits

Hoover spans about 830 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,200 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hoover
580 ft175 m
Airport (BHM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.1 mi north of the city limits
650 ft198 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

13 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hoover, Alabama, shaded from 370 ft on the southwest side to 1,200 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Jefferson and Shelby counties, Alabama, United States
Population
93,013 2024 est.
Land area
49.9 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
1,864 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4054° N, 86.8114° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Cahaba River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 650 ft
ZIP codes 6
35022 35080 35216 35226 35242 35244
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eagle Point770 ft
  2. Mountain Brook750 ft
  3. Homewood710 ft
  4. Vestavia Hills660 ft
  5. Birmingham650 ft
  6. Hoover610 ft
  7. Meadowbrook590 ft
  8. Indian Springs Village550 ft
  9. Midfield540 ft
  10. Lipscomb540 ft
  11. Helena480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Little Shades Mountain850 ft
  • Muscoda Mountain800 ft
  • Potato Hill, Jefferson County790 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 370 ft at 33.2801° N, 86.8901° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.