Pilot Station, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pilot Station, Alaska, shaded from 21 ft on the northeast side to 490 ft on the north side
Elevation
490 ft 150 m370 ft 115 m320 ft 95 m200 ft 60 m80 ft 24 m21 ft 7 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
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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

Pilot Station sits at about 290 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
290 ft 85 m
most residents: 75–310 ft
Lowest
21 ft 7 m
on the northeast side
Highest
490 ft 150 m
on the north side
Average
190 ft 60 m
all land inside city limits

Pilot Station spans about 469 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
290 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
21 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pilot Station
28 ft9 m
Airport (0AK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi northwest of the city limits
473 ft144 m
Average of all land190 ft60 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pilot Station, Alaska, shaded from 21 ft on the northeast side to 490 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
587 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
366 per sq mi
Coordinates
61.9389° N, 162.8750° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Yukon River → Bering Sea
Airport
Pilot Station (0AK) 473 ft
ZIP codes 1
99650
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pitkas Point360 ft
  2. Pilot Station290 ft
  3. St. Mary's260 ft
  4. Russian Mission160 ft
  5. Marshall160 ft
  6. Mountain Village130 ft
  7. Kasigluk32 ft
  8. Alakanuk11 ft
  9. Atmautluak9 ft
  10. Nunapitchuk9 ft
  11. Nunam Iqua8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Chiniklik2,620 ft
  • Pilcher Mountain1,950 ft
  • Chase Mountain1,870 ft
  • Dogfish Mountain1,800 ft
  • Bend Mountain, Kusilvak Census Area1,527 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.