Skyline, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skyline, Alabama, shaded from 1,290 ft on the south side to 1,680 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,680 ft 510 m1,580 ft 480 m1,530 ft 465 m1,430 ft 435 m1,340 ft 405 m1,290 ft 390 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.
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Skyline sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,590 ft 485 m
most residents: 1,550–1,640 ft
Lowest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the south side
Highest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the north side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside town limits

Skyline spans about 390 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
1,590 ft485 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,680 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
1,290 ft390 m
Town center
USGS map point for Skyline
1,600 ft485 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skyline, Alabama, shaded from 1,290 ft on the south side to 1,680 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
Population
859 2024 est.
Land area
4.0 sq mi
Density
216 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8140° N, 86.1153° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Paint Rock River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
35768 35776
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hytop1,700 ft
  2. Skyline1,590 ft
  3. Pleasant Groves1,530 ft
  4. Pisgah1,360 ft
  5. Section1,320 ft
  6. Gurley650 ft
  7. Hollywood630 ft
  8. Paint Rock630 ft
  9. Scottsboro630 ft
  10. Stevenson620 ft
  11. Woodville610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Knob, Jackson County1,730 ft
  • Horseshoe Bend1,630 ft
  • Blessington Point1,600 ft
  • Gizzard Point1,580 ft
  • Peter Gold Point1,580 ft
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).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.