Huntsville, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Huntsville, Alabama, shaded from 550 ft on the south side to 1,650 ft on Monte Sano Mountain
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,380 ft 420 m1,240 ft 380 m970 ft 295 m690 ft 210 m550 ft 170 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Huntsville sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 590–780 ft
Lowest
550 ft 170 m
on the south side
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on Monte Sano Mountain
Average
720 ft 220 m
all land inside city limits

Huntsville spans about 1,100 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
660 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Monte Sano Mountain
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
550 ft170 m
Town center
USGS map point for Huntsville
640 ft195 m
Airport (HSV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
629 ft192 m
Average of all land720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Huntsville, Alabama, shaded from 550 ft on the south side to 1,650 ft on Monte Sano Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Madison, Limestone and Morgan counties, Alabama, United States
Population
230,402 2024 est.
Land area
230.1 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
1,001 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.7304° N, 86.5861° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) 629 ft
ZIP codes 21
35671 35741 35748 35749 35754 35756 35757 35758 35763 35773 35801 35802 35803 35805 35806 35808 35810 35811 35816 35824 35896
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Harvest830 ft
  2. Hazel Green790 ft
  3. New Market790 ft
  4. Meridianville760 ft
  5. Moores Mill760 ft
  6. Madison710 ft
  7. Huntsville660 ft
  8. Redstone Arsenal650 ft
  9. Gurley650 ft
  10. Triana610 ft
  11. Owens Cross Roads590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Candlestand1,520 ft
  • Bettinger Mountain1,260 ft
  • Chapman Mountain1,210 ft
  • Brush Mountain970 ft
  • Bell Hill920 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, 550 ft at 34.5490° N, 86.5410° 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. All public domain.