Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
14,500 ft 4,420 m10,870 ft 3,315 m9,060 ft 2,760 m5,440 ft 1,655 m1,810 ft 550 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.
- Borough area
- Fades everything outside the official borough boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Matanuska-Susitna Borough averages about 2,930 ft (890 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Cook Inlet to 14,500 ft on Mount Hunter.
Average elevation
2,930 ft 890 m
all land inside the borough
Highest
14,500 ft 4,420 m
on Mount Hunter
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Cook Inlet
Matanuska-Susitna Borough spans about 14,500 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 | 2,930 ft890 m |
| Highest point Inside the borough, on Mount Hunter (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 14,500 ft4,420 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets Cook Inlet | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
200 mi west to east through Knik-Fairview.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in Alaska, United States
- Population
- 117,613 2024 est.
- Land area
- 24,703.0 sq mi + 564.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 4.8 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Gulf of Alaska 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average
- Copper River Census Area4,270 ft
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,930 ft
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,900 ft
- Denali Borough2,730 ft
- Anchorage Municipality2,480 ft
- Chugach Census Area2,320 ft
- Kenai Peninsula Borough1,980 ft
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,240 ft
- Bethel Census Area800 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Boroughs and census areas in Alaska3rd highest of 26
- Counties in the United States399th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Hunter14,500 ft
- Mount Marcus Baker13,110 ft
- Mount Thor12,320 ft
- Mount Huntington12,160 ft
- Mount Russell11,590 ft
All 30 towns in Matanuska-Susitna Borough by typical elevation
- Glacier View4,650 ft
- Eureka Roadhouse3,040 ft
- Lake Louise2,420 ft
- Lazy Mountain2,130 ft
- Petersville1,400 ft
- Chickaloon1,370 ft
- Chase1,060 ft
- Buffalo Soapstone810 ft
- Sutton-Alpine710 ft
- Fishhook670 ft
- Tanaina480 ft
- North Lakes440 ft
- Farm Loop440 ft
- Trapper Creek410 ft
- Wasilla400 ft
- Susitna North400 ft
- Talkeetna390 ft
- Meadow Lakes350 ft
- Skwentna350 ft
- South Lakes340 ft
- Palmer270 ft
- Houston260 ft
- Knik-Fairview260 ft
- Gateway240 ft
- Willow230 ft
- Point MacKenzie200 ft
- Big Lake180 ft
- Knik River150 ft
- Susitna100 ft
- Butte100 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 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 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, −7 ft at 61.2704° N, 150.2765° 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 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.