Paxson, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,710 ft 1,740 m4,900 ft 1,495 m4,490 ft 1,370 m3,680 ft 1,120 m2,860 ft 870 m2,450 ft 750 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
Paxson sits at about 3,270 ft (1,000 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,270 ft 1,000 m
few residents
Lowest
2,450 ft 750 m
on the south side
Highest
5,710 ft 1,740 m
on the west side
Average
3,340 ft 1,020 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Paxson spans about 3,260 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 | 3,270 ft1,000 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 5,710 ft1,740 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 2,450 ft750 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Paxson | 3,380 ft1,030 m |
| Average of all land | 3,340 ft1,020 m |
| Nearest peak Institute Peak, 8.5 mi north of the CDP boundary | 8,030 ft2,450 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
20 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,270 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.9 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.5 inHg (89.9 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% 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
- 26 2020 Census
- Land area
- 304.0 sq mi + 15.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.1 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 63.0897° N, 145.6131° W
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Delta River → Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
- ZIP codes 1
- 99737
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Paxson3,270 ft
- Lake Louise2,420 ft
- Mentasta Lake2,280 ft
- Slana2,200 ft
- Dot Lake1,980 ft
- Chistochina1,850 ft
- Gakona1,790 ft
- Dry Creek1,510 ft
- Dot Lake Village1,400 ft
- Gulkana1,360 ft
- Fort Greely1,330 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alaska5th highest of 355
- Towns in Copper River Census Area4th highest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Institute Peak8,030 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Copper River Census Area5,300 ft
- Paxson Mountain5,290 ft
- Flat Top Mountain4,700 ft
- Wolverine Mountain, Copper River Census Area4,662 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.
- Paxson 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.