North Pole, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Pole, Alaska, shaded from 470 ft on the northwest side to 560 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m540 ft 165 m520 ft 160 m500 ft 155 m480 ft 145 m470 ft 145 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Pole sits at about 490 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
490 ft 150 m
most residents: 490–500 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the northwest side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the northwest side
Average
490 ft 150 m
all land inside city limits

North Pole spans about 90 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
490 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
470 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Pole
490 ft150 m
Average of all land490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Pole, Alaska, shaded from 470 ft on the northwest side to 560 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
2,505 2024 est.
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
613 per sq mi
Coordinates
64.7511° N, 147.3494° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
ZIP codes 1
99705
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Two Rivers910 ft
  2. Fox910 ft
  3. Steele Creek840 ft
  4. Farmers Loop740 ft
  5. Eielson AFB540 ft
  6. Moose Creek520 ft
  7. North Pole490 ft
  8. Badger480 ft
  9. South Van Horn450 ft
  10. Fairbanks440 ft
  11. College440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chena Dome4,427 ft
  • Granite Tors3,370 ft
  • Twin Buttes3,030 ft
  • Murphy Dome2,934 ft
  • Ester Dome2,370 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.
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.