Kake, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kake, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Keku Strait to 820 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
820 ft 250 m610 ft 185 m510 ft 155 m310 ft 95 m100 ft 30 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kake sits at about 200 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
200 ft 60 m
most residents: 37–340 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Keku Strait
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside city limits

Kake spans about 820 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
200 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Keku Strait
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kake
45 ft14 m
Airport (AFE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
172 ft52 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m
Nearest peak
Turn Mountain, 5.0 mi northeast of the city limits
2,860 ft870 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kake, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Keku Strait to 820 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
541 2024 est.
Land area
7.7 sq mi + 5.8 sq mi water
Density
70 per sq mi
Coordinates
56.9758° N, 133.9472° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Kake (AFE) 172 ft
ZIP codes 1
99830
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hobart Bay1,330 ft
  2. Whale Pass480 ft
  3. Port Protection280 ft
  4. Kake200 ft
  5. Angoon160 ft
  6. Port Alexander140 ft
  7. Kupreanof110 ft
  8. Wrangell100 ft
  9. Sitka78 ft
  10. Point Baker75 ft
  11. Petersburg70 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bear Pass Mountain3,800 ft
  • Turn Mountain2,860 ft
  • Mount Fanshaw2,660 ft
  • Alaska Peak2,600 ft
  • Kupreanof Mountain, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2,520 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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, −2 ft at 56.9474° N, 133.8910° 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. All public domain.