Port Lions, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Port Lions, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Settler Cove to 1,140 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,140 ft 350 m860 ft 260 m710 ft 220 m430 ft 130 m140 ft 45 m0 ft 0 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

Port Lions sits at about 93 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
93 ft 28 m
most residents: 50–370 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Settler Cove
Highest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
290 ft 85 m
all land inside city limits

Port Lions spans about 1,140 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
93 ft28 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
1,140 ft350 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Settler Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Port Lions
77 ft24 m
Average of all land290 ft85 m
Nearest peak
Mount Ellison, 0.7 mi north of the city limits
2,260 ft690 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Port Lions, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Settler Cove to 1,140 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
166 2024 est.
Land area
5.0 sq mi + 3.7 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Coordinates
57.8675° N, 152.8822° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Chinitna Bay
ZIP codes 1
99550
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Old Harbor1,750 ft
  2. Karluk620 ft
  3. Aleneva520 ft
  4. Chiniak400 ft
  5. Larsen Bay210 ft
  6. Womens Bay140 ft
  7. Mill Bay100 ft
  8. Kodiak97 ft
  9. Port Lions93 ft
  10. Kodiak Station55 ft
  11. Ouzinkie49 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sharatin Mountain2,850 ft
  • Kupreanof Mountain, Kodiak Island Borough2,434 ft
  • Mount Lowell Wakefield2,370 ft
  • Mount Ellison2,260 ft
  • Mount Herman1,618 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.