Lowndes County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lowndes County, Alabama, shaded from 91 ft on the northwest side to 580 ft on Barganier Hill
Elevation
580 ft 180 m460 ft 140 m400 ft 120 m280 ft 85 m150 ft 45 m92 ft 28 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Lowndes County averages about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 91 ft on the northwest side to 580 ft on Barganier Hill.

Average elevation
260 ft 80 m
all land inside the county
Highest
580 ft 180 m
on Barganier Hill
Lowest
91 ft 28 m
on the northwest side

Lowndes County spans about 489 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 land260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Barganier Hill
580 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
91 ft28 m

Elevation profile, south to north

28 mi south to north through Fort Deposit.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lowndes County, Alabama, shaded from 91 ft on the northwest side to 580 ft on Barganier Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
9,485 2024 est.
Land area
716.1 sq mi + 9.0 sq mi water
Density
13 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Crenshaw County370 ft
  2. Autauga County360 ft
  3. Butler County340 ft
  4. Montgomery County280 ft
  5. Lowndes County260 ft
  6. Dallas County190 ft
  7. Wilcox County180 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Barganier Hill580 ft
  • County Line Hill583 ft
  • Mount Baber571 ft
  • Gilmer Hills510 ft
  • Skidl Hill470 ft
All 7 towns in Lowndes County by typical elevation
  1. Fort Deposit460 ft
  2. Lowndesboro370 ft
  3. Hayneville230 ft
  4. White Hall220 ft
  5. Gordonville220 ft
  6. Mosses190 ft
  7. Benton130 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 590 ft at 31.9657° N, 86.4110° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.