Bethel, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethel, Alaska, shaded from 6 ft near the middle to 190 ft on the west side
Elevation
190 ft 55 m140 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m73 ft 22 m28 ft 9 m6 ft 2 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bethel sits at about 38 ft (12 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
38 ft 12 m
most residents: 14–100 ft
Lowest
6 ft 2 m
near the middle
Highest
190 ft 55 m
on the west side
Average
55 ft 17 m
all land inside city limits

Bethel spans about 184 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
38 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
190 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
6 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bethel
11 ft3 m
Airport (BET)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
129 ft39 m
Average of all land55 ft17 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethel, Alaska, shaded from 6 ft near the middle to 190 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
6,335 2024 est.
Land area
45.1 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
141 per sq mi
Coordinates
60.7922° N, 161.7558° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Kuskokwim River → Bering Sea
Airport
Bethel (BET) 129 ft
ZIP codes 1
99559
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tuluksak40 ft
  2. Bethel38 ft
  3. Kasigluk32 ft
  4. Akiak27 ft
  5. Akiachak20 ft
  6. Kwethluk18 ft
  7. Oscarville14 ft
  8. Napaskiak14 ft
  9. Napakiak13 ft
  10. Atmautluak9 ft
  11. Nunapitchuk9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Greenstone Ridge3,150 ft
  • Spein Mountain2,370 ft
  • Bend Mountain, Kusilvak Census Area1,527 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). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.