Nabesna, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,310 ft 2,535 m6,810 ft 2,075 m6,060 ft 1,845 m4,560 ft 1,390 m3,060 ft 930 m2,300 ft 700 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
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
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Nabesna sits at about 3,950 ft (1,205 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,950 ft 1,205 m
few residents
Lowest
2,300 ft 700 m
on the northeast side
Highest
8,310 ft 2,535 m
on the north side
Average
4,130 ft 1,260 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Nabesna spans about 6,010 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,950 ft1,205 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side | 8,310 ft2,535 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 2,300 ft700 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Nabesna | 2,960 ft900 m |
| Average of all land | 4,130 ft1,260 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
8.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,950 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.7 °F95.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
25.9 inHg (87.7 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Population
- 2 2020 Census
- Land area
- 160.3 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.0 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 62.3719° N, 143.0086° W
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Nabesna River → Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
- ZIP codes 1
- 99586
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Nabesna3,950 ft
- Chisana3,700 ft
- Mentasta Lake2,280 ft
- Slana2,200 ft
- Alcan Border2,060 ft
- Chistochina1,850 ft
- Northway1,710 ft
- Tetlin1,660 ft
- Tok1,640 ft
- Tanacross1,550 ft
- McCarthy1,450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alaska3rd highest of 355
- Towns in Copper River Census Area2nd highest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Jarvis13,480 ft
- Mount Allen9,550 ft
- Tanada Peak9,210 ft
- Mount Gordon9,050 ft
- Tebay Mountain4,640 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Nabesna 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.