Circle, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Circle, Alaska, shaded from 570 ft on the north side to 1,220 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,220 ft 370 m1,060 ft 320 m970 ft 295 m810 ft 245 m650 ft 200 m570 ft 175 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.
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

Circle sits at about 600 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 180 m
most residents: 600–1,040 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the north side
Highest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the southwest side
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Circle spans about 650 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
600 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,220 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
570 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Circle
590 ft180 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Circle, Alaska, shaded from 570 ft on the north side to 1,220 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
91 2020 Census
Land area
106.0 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
0.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
65.8256° N, 144.0606° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Yukon River → Bering Sea
ZIP codes 1
99733
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eagle Village1,260 ft
  2. Central1,010 ft
  3. Two Rivers910 ft
  4. Eagle900 ft
  5. Circle600 ft
  6. Pleasant Valley590 ft
  7. Venetie570 ft
  8. Chalkyitsik530 ft
  9. Fort Yukon440 ft
  10. Birch Creek430 ft
  11. Beaver360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pinnell Mountain4,950 ft
  • Mount Ernest Patty4,610 ft
  • Snowy Peak4,281 ft
  • Boulder Hill3,732 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area2,861 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.
  • Circle 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.