Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
17,030 ft 5,190 m12,770 ft 3,890 m10,640 ft 3,245 m6,390 ft 1,945 m2,130 ft 650 m0 ft 0 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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 area
- Fades everything outside the official census area boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area averages about 1,910 ft (585 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Freshwater Bay to 17,030 ft on Mount Fairweather.
Average elevation
1,910 ft 585 m
all land inside the census area
Highest
17,030 ft 5,190 m
on Mount Fairweather
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Freshwater Bay
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area spans about 17,030 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,910 ft585 m |
| Highest point Inside the census area, on Mount Fairweather (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 17,030 ft5,190 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets Freshwater Bay | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
127 mi west to east through Hoonah.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Census Area in Alaska, United States
- Population
- 2,312 2024 est.
- Land area
- 6,560.0 sq mi + 3,025.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.4 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean 83%, Gulf of Alaska 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average
- Haines Borough2,730 ft
- Juneau City and Borough2,620 ft
- Yakutat City and Borough2,510 ft
- Petersburg Borough2,250 ft
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area1,910 ft
- Sitka City and Borough1,190 ft
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area770 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Boroughs and census areas in Alaska11th highest of 26
- Counties in the United States650th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Quincy Adams15,650 ft
- Mount Crillon12,670 ft
- Mount Salisbury12,080 ft
- Lituya Mountain11,900 ft
- Mount Wilbur10,840 ft
All 9 towns in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area by typical elevation
- Elfin Cove1,000 ft
- Tenakee Springs490 ft
- Whitestone Logging Camp280 ft
- Game Creek280 ft
- Angoon160 ft
- Klukwan140 ft
- Hoonah91 ft
- Gustavus33 ft
- Pelican8 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census census area boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 5 arc-second (≈510 ft, 154 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, −9 ft at 57.9318° N, 135.2068° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
- 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 census area 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 census area.
- 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.