Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, shaded from 330 ft on the west side to 5,900 ft on West Point
Elevation
5,900 ft 1,800 m4,510 ft 1,375 m3,810 ft 1,160 m2,420 ft 735 m1,020 ft 310 m330 ft 100 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
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Borough area
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Elevation Data

Fairbanks North Star Borough averages about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the west side to 5,900 ft on West Point.

Average elevation
1,660 ft 505 m
all land inside the borough
Highest
5,900 ft 1,800 m
on West Point
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the west side

Fairbanks North Star Borough spans about 5,570 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 land1,660 ft505 m
Highest point
Inside the borough, on West Point (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
5,900 ft1,800 m
Lowest point
Inside the borough, on the west side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

134 mi west to east through Fairbanks.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, shaded from 330 ft on the west side to 5,900 ft on West Point
Borough boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Borough in Alaska, United States
Population
94,951 2024 est.
Land area
7,334.7 sq mi + 100.3 sq mi water
Density
13 per sq mi
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Bering Sea
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average

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

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • West Point5,900 ft
  • Far Mountain4,700 ft
  • The Butte4,568 ft
  • Chena Dome4,427 ft
  • Granite Tors3,370 ft
All 17 towns in Fairbanks North Star Borough by typical elevation
  1. Two Rivers910 ft
  2. Fox910 ft
  3. Goldstream870 ft
  4. Steele Creek840 ft
  5. Farmers Loop740 ft
  6. Ester740 ft
  7. Harding-Birch Lakes720 ft
  8. Chena Ridge650 ft
  9. Salcha620 ft
  10. Pleasant Valley590 ft
  11. Eielson AFB540 ft
  12. Moose Creek520 ft
  13. North Pole490 ft
  14. Badger480 ft
  15. South Van Horn450 ft
  16. Fairbanks440 ft
  17. College440 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, 330 ft at 65.1126° N, 148.6485° 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.