Sitka, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sitka, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Slocum Arm to 5,390 ft on the east side
Elevation
5,390 ft 1,640 m4,040 ft 1,230 m3,370 ft 1,025 m2,020 ft 615 m670 ft 205 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official municipal limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sitka sits at about 78 ft (24 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
78 ft 24 m
most residents: 27–990 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Slocum Arm
Highest
5,390 ft 1,640 m
on the east side
Average
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside municipal limits

Sitka spans about 5,390 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
78 ft24 m
Highest point
Inside municipal limits, on the east side
5,390 ft1,640 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Slocum Arm
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sitka
38 ft11 m
Airport (SIT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
27 ft8 m
Average of all land1,180 ft360 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sitka, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Slocum Arm to 5,390 ft on the east side
Municipal limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Consolidated city and borough in Alaska, United States
Population
8,355 2024 est.
Land area
2,870.3 sq mi + 1,904.2 sq mi water
Density
2.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
57.0531° N, 135.3300° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT) 27 ft
ZIP codes 1
99835
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hobart Bay1,330 ft
  2. Tenakee Springs490 ft
  3. Whitestone Logging Camp280 ft
  4. Game Creek280 ft
  5. Kake200 ft
  6. Angoon160 ft
  7. Port Alexander140 ft
  8. Hoonah91 ft
  9. Sitka78 ft
  10. Point Baker75 ft
  11. Pelican8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bear Mountain, Sitka City and Borough4,260 ft
  • Big Chief Mountain3,070 ft
  • Eureka Mountain3,000 ft
  • Finger Mountain2,690 ft
  • Camel Mountain1,990 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the municipal 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 municipal limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −16 ft at 57.3543° N, 135.4746° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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. All public domain.