Perdido Beach, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perdido Beach, Alabama, shaded from sea level level on Perdido Bay to 61 ft near the middle
Elevation
61 ft 19 m46 ft 14 m38 ft 12 m23 ft 7 m8 ft 2 m0 ft 0 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Perdido Beach sits at about 19 ft (6 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
19 ft 6 m
most residents: 6–29 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Perdido Bay
Highest
61 ft 19 m
near the middle
Average
21 ft 6 m
all land inside town limits

Perdido Beach spans about 61 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
19 ft6 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
61 ft19 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Perdido Bay
0 ft0 m
Airport (JKA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi southwest of the town limits
17 ft5 m
Average of all land21 ft6 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the middle of Perdido Beach.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perdido Beach, Alabama, shaded from sea level level on Perdido Bay to 61 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States
Population
584 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
493 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.3539° N, 87.5048° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Gulf Shores International/Jack Edwards Field (JKA) 17 ft
ZIP codes 1
36530
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bellview, FL70 ft
  2. Foley66 ft
  3. Elberta54 ft
  4. Lillian37 ft
  5. Myrtle Grove, FL32 ft
  6. Warrington, FL20 ft
  7. Perdido Beach19 ft
  8. Bon Secour17 ft
  9. Gulf Shores13 ft
  10. Orange Beach12 ft
  11. Pensacola Station, FL8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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, −1 ft at 30.3504° N, 87.4960° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.