Beluga, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beluga, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Cook Inlet to 860 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
860 ft 265 m650 ft 200 m540 ft 165 m320 ft 100 m110 ft 35 m0 ft 0 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Beluga sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
150 ft 45 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Cook Inlet
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the northwest side
Average
230 ft 70 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Beluga spans about 860 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
860 ft265 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Cook Inlet
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Beluga
110 ft30 m
Average of all land230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beluga, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Cook Inlet to 860 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
34 2020 Census
Land area
99.2 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
0.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
61.1411° N, 151.0828° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Gulf of Alaska
ZIP codes 1
99682
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sterling270 ft
  2. Point MacKenzie200 ft
  3. Ridgeway190 ft
  4. Anchorage180 ft
  5. Beluga150 ft
  6. Nikiski130 ft
  7. Point Possession130 ft
  8. Tyonek120 ft
  9. Susitna100 ft
  10. Salamatof96 ft
  11. Kenai91 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Spurr11,070 ft
  • Mount Chichantna10,830 ft
  • Mount Susitna4,403 ft
  • Beluga Mountain3,707 ft
  • Little Mount Susitna3,110 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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, 0 ft at 61.2224° N, 150.9768° 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.
  • Beluga is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.