Juneau, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Juneau, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Berners Bay to 8,270 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
8,270 ft 2,520 m6,200 ft 1,890 m5,170 ft 1,575 m3,100 ft 945 m1,030 ft 315 m0 ft 0 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.
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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 municipal limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Juneau sits at about 58 ft (18 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
58 ft 18 m
most residents: 26–1,020 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Berners Bay
Highest
8,270 ft 2,520 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,610 ft 795 m
all land inside municipal limits

Juneau spans about 8,270 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
58 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside municipal limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
8,270 ft2,520 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Berners Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Juneau
32 ft10 m
Airport (JNU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
25 ft8 m
Average of all land2,610 ft795 m

Elevation profile, south to north

29 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Juneau, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Berners Bay to 8,270 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Municipal limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Consolidated city and borough in Alaska, United States
Population
31,572 2024 est.
Land area
2,703.0 sq mi + 555.0 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
58.3019° N, 134.4197° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Juneau International (JNU) 25 ft
ZIP codes 2
99801 99824
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Excursion Inlet2,220 ft
  2. Elfin Cove1,000 ft
  3. Tenakee Springs490 ft
  4. Mud Bay300 ft
  5. Whitestone Logging Camp280 ft
  6. Game Creek280 ft
  7. Angoon160 ft
  8. Hoonah91 ft
  9. Juneau58 ft
  10. Gustavus33 ft
  11. Pelican8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Emperor Peak6,760 ft
  • Goat Ridge4,640 ft
  • Eagle Peak, Juneau City and Borough4,540 ft
  • Annex Peak4,180 ft
  • Everett Peak3,803 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the municipal limits, 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 municipal limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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, −31 ft at 58.5337° N, 133.8029° 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: 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.