Denali Borough, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denali Borough, Alaska, shaded from 390 ft on the north side to 20,230 ft on Mount McKinley
Elevation
20,230 ft 6,165 m15,270 ft 4,655 m12,790 ft 3,900 m7,830 ft 2,385 m2,870 ft 875 m390 ft 120 m
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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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Denali Borough averages about 2,730 ft (830 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 390 ft on the north side to 20,230 ft on Mount McKinley.

Average elevation
2,730 ft 830 m
all land inside the borough
Highest
20,230 ft 6,165 m
on Mount McKinley
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the north side

Denali Borough spans about 19,840 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,730 ft830 m
Highest point
Inside the borough, on Mount McKinley (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
20,230 ft6,165 m
Lowest point
Inside the borough, on the north side
390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

154 mi west to east through Healy.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denali Borough, Alaska, shaded from 390 ft on the north side to 20,230 ft on Mount McKinley
Borough boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
Borough in Alaska, United States
Population
1,621 2024 est.
Land area
12,641.2 sq mi + 25.3 sq mi water
Density
0.1 per sq mi
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Bering Sea 83%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average

  1. Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,930 ft
  2. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,900 ft
  3. Denali Borough2,730 ft
  4. Fairbanks North Star Borough1,660 ft
  5. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,240 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount McKinley20,230 ft
  • Mount Foraker17,360 ft
  • Kahiltna Peaks13,330 ft
  • Mount Silverthrone13,180 ft
  • Mount Crosson12,740 ft
All 5 towns in Denali Borough by typical elevation
  1. Cantwell2,220 ft
  2. Ferry2,220 ft
  3. Denali Park2,120 ft
  4. Healy1,460 ft
  5. Anderson510 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census borough boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 4 arc-second (≈410 ft, 123 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 380 ft at 64.3471° N, 150.5349° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring boroughs and census areas and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the borough with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the borough.
  • 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 (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Alaska: much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.