Butte, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte, Alaska, shaded from 26 ft on the southwest side to 5,640 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,640 ft 1,720 m4,240 ft 1,290 m3,540 ft 1,080 m2,130 ft 650 m730 ft 220 m26 ft 8 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Butte sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 59–720 ft
Lowest
26 ft 8 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,640 ft 1,720 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Butte spans about 5,614 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
5,640 ft1,720 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
26 ft8 m
Town center
USGS map point for Butte
98 ft30 m
Airport (PAQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.3 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
249 ft76 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte, Alaska, shaded from 26 ft on the southwest side to 5,640 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
3,589 2020 Census
Land area
33.8 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
106 per sq mi
Coordinates
61.5422° N, 149.0333° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Gulf of Alaska
Airport
Warren "bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (PAQ) 249 ft
ZIP codes 1
99645
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lazy Mountain2,130 ft
  2. Buffalo Soapstone810 ft
  3. Sutton-Alpine710 ft
  4. Fishhook670 ft
  5. North Lakes440 ft
  6. Farm Loop440 ft
  7. South Lakes340 ft
  8. Palmer270 ft
  9. Gateway240 ft
  10. Knik River150 ft
  11. Butte100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bashful Peak7,950 ft
  • Bold Peak7,640 ft
  • Granite Peak6,690 ft
  • Thunder Bird Peak6,590 ft
  • Pioneer Peak6,310 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Butte 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.