Chignik Lake, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chignik Lake, Alaska, shaded from 2 ft near the middle to 2,140 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,140 ft 650 m1,600 ft 490 m1,340 ft 410 m800 ft 245 m270 ft 80 m2 ft 1 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.
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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

Chignik Lake sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
220 ft 65 m
few residents
Lowest
2 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
2,140 ft 650 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
390 ft 120 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chignik Lake spans about 2,138 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
220 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
2,140 ft650 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
2 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chignik Lake
7 ft2 m
Average of all land390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chignik Lake, Alaska, shaded from 2 ft near the middle to 2,140 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
61 2020 Census
Land area
13.7 sq mi + 9.0 sq mi water
Density
4.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
56.2556° N, 158.7625° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
99548
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ivanof Bay820 ft
  2. Chignik Lagoon760 ft
  3. Chignik290 ft
  4. Chignik Lake220 ft
  5. Sand Point140 ft
  6. Port Heiden69 ft
  7. Nelson Lagoon57 ft
  8. Egegik53 ft
  9. Ugashik51 ft
  10. Perryville19 ft
  11. Pilot Point15 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kupreanof6,180 ft
  • Aniakchak Peak4,240 ft
  • Virgin Peak3,660 ft
  • Red Peak, Lake and Peninsula Borough2,770 ft
  • Lookout Hill1,620 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.
  • 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.
  • Chignik Lake 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. All public domain.