Mud Bay, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mud Bay, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Chilkoot Inlet to 1,750 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,750 ft 535 m1,310 ft 400 m1,100 ft 335 m660 ft 200 m220 ft 65 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.
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
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mud Bay sits at about 300 ft (90 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
300 ft 90 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chilkoot Inlet
Highest
1,750 ft 535 m
on the north side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mud Bay spans about 1,750 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
300 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,750 ft535 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chilkoot Inlet
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mud Bay
73 ft22 m
Airport (HNS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
29 ft9 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mud Bay, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Chilkoot Inlet to 1,750 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
159 2020 Census
Land area
12.2 sq mi
Density
13 per sq mi
Coordinates
59.1597° N, 135.3758° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Haines (HNS) 29 ft
ZIP codes 1
99827
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lutak2,640 ft
  2. Excursion Inlet2,220 ft
  3. Mosquito Lake2,210 ft
  4. Covenant Life950 ft
  5. Mud Bay300 ft
  6. Haines170 ft
  7. Klukwan140 ft
  8. Hoonah91 ft
  9. Juneau58 ft
  10. Skagway41 ft
  11. Gustavus33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Brackett7,380 ft
  • Mount Emmerich6,870 ft
  • Mount Rice6,610 ft
  • Snow Top6,520 ft
  • Takhin Ridge5,500 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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.
  • Mud Bay is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.